John Waters

John Samuel Waters Jr. is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). Waters wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical and a 2007 musical film. Other films he has written and directed include Desperate Living (1977), Polyester (1981), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998), and Cecil B. Demented (2000). His films contain elements of post-modern comedy and surrealism.

22 April 1946

Born on the same birth date (22 April 1946): Archy Kirkwood • Louise Harel • Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford • Paul Davies • Steven L. Bennett

Born on the same birth day (22 April): Giorgio Agamben • Glen Campbell • Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising • Izidor Cankar • Jason Miller (playwright) • John Buchanan (Canadian politician) • John Foley (British Army officer) • John Maples • Laurel Aitken • Louise Harel • Michael Atiyah • Rosalind Gill • Sidney Nolan • Vladimir Nabokov • Wilhelm Schickard • William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Born in the same month (April 1946): Alberto Quintano • Bill Plympton • Bob Watson • Carl XVI Gustaf • Dave Hill (guitarist) • David Webb (footballer) • Ginette Reno • Hayley Mills • Herménégilde Chiasson • John Lloyd (journalist) • Louise Harel • Michael Sarris • Nikitas Kaklamanis • Phil Robertson • Sara Parkin • Steven L. Bennett • Sue Townsend • Zaid Abdul-Aziz