John Waters - Famous Writer

John Waters Net Worth

$50,000,000

John Waters is an American director, writer, producer, actor, and artist who has a net worth of $50 million. Waters is perhaps best known for writing, directing, and producing ‘Hairspray,’ which started out as a movie in 1988 and was eventually adapted into an award-winning Broadway musical. Also known as ‘The Pope of Trash,’ John has written and directed more than a dozen short films and feature films.

Key facts:

  • John Waters is an American director, writer, producer, actor, and artist.
  • He is best known for writing, directing, and producing the movie 'Hairspray,' which was adapted into an award-winning Broadway musical.
  • Waters has written and directed more than a dozen short films and feature films, including 'Pink Flamingos,' 'Cry-Baby,' and 'Serial Mom.'
  • He has also served as a producer, editor, cinematographer, and actor in several of his movies.
  • Waters has more than 40 acting credits to his name, including roles in 'Sweet and Lowdown,' 'Seed of Chucky,' and 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip.'

Basic Information About John Waters

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Directors
ProfessionsFilm director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, Writer, Visual Artist, Stand-up comedian, Cinematographer, Voice Actor, Film Editor
Net worth$50,000,000
Date of birth1946-04-22 (78 years old)
Place of birthBaltimore
NationalityUnited States of America
Curiosities and TrademarksAll his movies are set in Baltimore
Frequently casts Patricia Hearst
Casts Mink Stole and Mary Vivian Pearce in nearly all of his films
Transgressive films that combine outrageous subject matter with a sense of bad taste
Many of his characters have alliterated names (Dawn Davenport, Francine Fishpaw, Tracy Turnblad, Penny Pingleton, Sylvia Stickles).
Pencil-thin moustache and camp personality
His mainstream films satirize mid-century suburban America with a camp sense of humor
Tall slender frame
Sarcastic sense of humor
GenderMale
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

What Movie Awards did John Waters win?


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John Waters awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Grand Jury Prize - DramaticNomineeHairspray1988
Grand Prix Asturias - Best FeatureNomineePecker1998

John Waters roles

Movie / Series Role
ExcisionWilliam
HairsprayWriter
HairsprayFlasher
Cry-BabyDirector
Cry-BabyWriter
HairsprayDirector
HairsprayWriter
HairsprayDr. Fredrickson
Pink FlamingosDirector
Pink FlamingosWriter
Pink FlamingosMr. J (voice) (uncredited)
Seed of ChuckyPete Peters
A Dirty ShameDirector
A Dirty ShameWriter
Serial MomDirector
Serial MomWriter
Serial MomTed Bundy (voice) (uncredited)
Female TroubleDirector
Female TroubleWriter
Suburban GothicCornelius
PolyesterDirector
PolyesterWriter
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road ChipFirst Class Passenger
PeckerDirector
PeckerWriter
PeckerPervert on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
Cecil B. DementedDirector
Cecil B. DementedWriter
Cecil B. DementedReporter (uncredited)
Something WildUsed Car Guy
Jackass Number TwoSelf
The BlacklistJohn Waters 1 episode, 2018
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitPornmonger Man 2 episodes, 2020-2021
21 Jump StreetMr. Bean 1 episode, 1990
The SimpsonsJohn 1 episode, 1997
Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited) unknown episodes
FrasierRoger 1 episode, 1998
Superjail!Quetzalpacatlan 1 episode, 2011
My Name Is EarlWalter Hamerick 1 episode, 2007
Mr. PicklesDr. Kelton 1 episode, 2014
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2016
Homicide: Life on the StreetBartender / ... 1 episode, 1993-1995
The Daily ShowSelf - Guest 5 episodes, 1997-2013
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - Guest 4 episodes, 1994-1998
Mickey MouseWadworth Thorndyke the Third 2 episodes, 2013-2018
ClarenceCaptain Tom 1 episode, 2016
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest 5 episodes, 1994-2001

John Waters's Quotes

  • "My hobby is extreme Catholic behavior -- BEFORE the Reformation." (2000)
  • "If you can make someone laugh who's dead set against you, that's the first step to winning them over to your side." (2000)
  • Some call me director, producer, filmmaker. I prefer to call myself pube-king.
  • Strive for art in reverse.
  • To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits watching one of my films, it's like getting a standing ovation. But one must remember that there is such a thing as good bad taste and bad bad taste.

John Waters's photos

Interesting Facts about John Waters

  1. His favorite childhood memory was seeing real blood on the seat of a wrecked car when visiting a scrap yard and fantasizing about lethal car crashes.
  2. As a youth he would watch adult-only films at the local drive-in, with binoculars.
  3. He is obsessed with true-crime and used to regularly attend gory trials all over the US, where he often saw the same faces in the public galleries.
  4. Older brother of Steve Waters.
  5. Subscribes to more than 80 magazines. Also goes to see just about every movie that comes out and hardly ever rents movies.
  6. Has taught classes at the Patuxent Institution, a correctional facility located halfway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The classes are meant as rehabilitation therapy for convicted killers, in which they learn to write about their violent fantasies rather than act them out.
  7. Waters has always been very gracious in acknowledging his creative influences, such as Russ Meyer, Otto Preminger, Liberace, William Castle, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Jayne Mansfield, Robert Bresson, and Pier Paolo Pasolini.
  8. As a youth, he made as much as $50 a week doing puppet shows for the neighborhood children, and was often hired to entertain at birthday parties. He stated that many of his puppet shows were inspired by the gimmick-heavy films of William Castle.
  9. Bears such a strong resemblance to actor Steve Buscemi that as a joke, John Waters sent out cards with a photo of Buscemi made up to look like Waters.
  10. Big fan of 1950s director Douglas Sirk and actually got to meet him while in Europe.
  11. Grew his thin pencil-line mustache in honor of Little Richard.
  12. Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 48th Cannes International Film Festival in 1995.
  13. Waters originally wanted a man named "Mr. Ray" to be the narrator of Pink Flamingos (1972). Mr. Ray was famous for his hair-weave radio ads and for his Baltimore accent. Mr. Ray refused, so Waters recorded the voice-over himself, imitating Mr. Ray's voice as "Mr. J."
  14. There is a special section of his immense book collection devoted to Liberace.
  15. Was supposed to have a cameo in American Splendor (2003), as the David Letterman guest holding a alligator.
  16. Maintains a home in north Baltimore, Maryland.
  17. One of his closest friends is Baltimore based casting director Pat Moran.
  18. Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002.
  19. Attended Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, Maryland.
  20. Was considered for the role of Det. John Munch on Homicide: Life on the Street (1993).

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