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John Waters

1946 - Today

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John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Waters is the 75th most popular film director (up from 490th in 2019), the 685th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,111th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Waters ranks 75 out of 2,041. Before him are William Wyler, Claude Chabrol, Chuck Jones, Luc Besson, David Cronenberg, and Elia Kazan. After him are F. W. Murnau, Tony Scott, Agnès Varda, Dziga Vertov, Alain Resnais, and Franco Zeffirelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, John Waters ranks 52. Before him are Timothy Dalton, David Suchet, Liza Minnelli, Arrigo Sacchi, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, and Boris Berezovsky. After him are Sally Field, Thongloun Sisoulith, André the Giant, Jang Song-thaek, Bolo Yeung, and Naoto Kan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Waters ranks 685 out of 20,380. Before him are Sydney Chaplin (1926), John McCarthy (1927), Rosalynn Carter (1927), Paul Ekman (1934), Whoopi Goldberg (1955), and Chris Pratt (1979). After him are Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930), Sally Field (1946), Janet Leigh (1927), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Harold Urey (1893), and Alfred Newman (1900).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, John Waters ranks 20. Before him are Robert Zemeckis (1952), Oliver Stone (1946), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Brian De Palma (1940), Sydney Pollack (1934), and Chuck Jones (1912). After him are Howard Hawks (1896), James Ivory (1928), Terry Gilliam (1940), John Carpenter (1948), Sidney Lumet (1924), and John Huston (1906).

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