FrameThrower · Actors · John Waters
John Waters
4 films · 222 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1980–2014
Born 22 April 1946 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 222 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1980–2014
- Officer of Arts and Letters2018
- GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award2004
How their films are shot
Measured across 222 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work John takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night, 42% low key — the look of the work John takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 222 frames from John Waters's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.