Cinematography: John Waters

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by John Waters. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Galápagos (TV Miniseries)

2007 · Documentary · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Beard

Cast Tilda Swinton

Plot The Galapagos islands are a fascinating microcosm of our planet and home to some of the most astonishing creatures found anywhere on Earth: iguanas swim the sea like dragons, short-eared...

7.6

250 votes

7.6

250 votes

Untamed Romania

2018 · Documentary · 90 min. · Romania

Direction Tom Barton-Humphreys

Plot This film is a unique production that reveals the beauty of Romania as it is: raw, magical but fragile at the same time.

7.2

72 votes

7.2

72 votes

Female Trouble

1974 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction John Waters

Cast Divine · David Lochary · Mary Vivian Pearce · Mink Stole

Plot A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitchhiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

Multiple Maniacs

1970 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction John Waters

Cast Divine · David Lochary · Mary Vivian Pearce · Mink Stole

Plot The travelling sideshow 'Lady Divine's Cavalcade of Perversions' is actually a front for a group of psychotic kidnappers, with Lady Divine herself the most vicious and depraved of all -...

Max

6.2

269 votes

6.2

269 votes

Pink Flamingos

1972 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction John Waters

Cast Divine · David Lochary · Mink Stole · Danny Mills

Plot The filthiest person alive, Divine, is using the codename Babs Johnson and living in a trailer in the woods with her retarded mother Eddie (Edith Massey), who loves eggs; her...

5.7

9K votes

5.7

9K votes

Mondo Trasho

1969 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction John Waters

Cast Mary Vivian Pearce · Divine · David Lochary · Mink Stole

Plot After an introductory sequence during which chickens are beheaded on a chopping block, the main action begins. Platinum blond bombshell Mary Vivian Pearce begins her day by riding the bus...

5.5

185 votes

5.5

185 votes

The Diane Linkletter Story (S)

1970 · Movie · 10 min. · United States

Direction John Waters

Cast David Lochary · Mary Vivian Pearce · Divine

Plot This improvised film is based on the true-life suicide of TV personality Art Linkletter's daughter, Diane. Mr. and Mrs. Linkletter fret about their daughter's recent behavior, which includes taking drugs...

5.0

67 votes

5.0

67 votes

Swamplands USA: Atchafalaya, river swamp / Okefenokee, blackwater swamp (TV)

2013 · Documentary · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Daniela Pulverer

Plot Louisiana's river swamp Atchafalaya, along the river of that name's path to Mexican Gulf, is the world's longest in its stream-bordering kind, an extremely complex habitat. It harbors a rich...

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Nature (TV Series)

1982 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Heeley · Fred Kaufman · Allison Argo · Susan Fleming

Cast F. Murray Abraham · Chris Morgan · George Page

Plot Documentary series exploring various global wildlife issues and subjects.

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Eat Your Makeup

1968 · Movie · 45 min. · United States

Direction John Waters

Cast Lizzy Temple Black · Berenica Cipcus · Divine · George Figgs

Plot John Waters' first sixteen-millimetre film, about a deranged nanny who kidnaps young girls and forces them to 'model themselves to death' in front of her boyfriend and their crazed friends....

Not rated

Not rated

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins

2008 · Documentary · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Chris Barker · Mike Slee

Cast Whoopi Goldberg · Flower the Meerkat

Plot The story of a family of meerkats living in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa.

Not rated

Not rated

Eyewitness (TV Series)

1994 · Documentary · 29 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Perry Miller · Ben Southwell

Cast Andrew Sachs · Martin Sheen

Plot Natural history series based on the Dorling Kindersley children's books.

Not rated

Not rated