Mark Waters | |
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Born | Mark Stephen Waters June 30, 1964 Wyandotte, Michigan, U.S. |
Alma mater | AFI Conservatory |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1997–present |
Notable work | Freaky Friday Mean Girls Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Mr. Popper's Penguins Vampire Academy |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Daniel Waters (brother) |
Mark Stephen Waters (born June 30, 1964) is an American director.
Early life
[edit]Waters was raised in South Bend, Indiana. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania in theatre arts before studying at the American Film Institute. When studying at Penn, he saw The House of Yes and saw things in the play that he felt he could make cinematic. He contacted the author of the play in Wendy MacLeod and got a manuscript copy by saying he was a film producer.[1] He worked as a stage actor and director in Philadelphia and San Francisco before his work with AFI, where he graduated in 1994. He made a number of short films.[2]
Career
[edit]He directed the comedy films Freaky Friday,[3] Mean Girls,[4] Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,[5] Mr. Popper's Penguins,[6] and Vampire Academy.[7] The first movie he directed was the independent hit The House of Yes starring Parker Posey. Other movies he directed include Head Over Heels, The Spiderwick Chronicles[8], Bad Santa 2, Magic Camp, He's All That[9], and more. He was attached to direct a movie called Minimum Wage written by Scott Atkinson and Tegan West.[10]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
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1997 | The House of Yes[a] | Yes | No |
2001 | Head over Heels | Yes | No |
2003 | Freaky Friday | Yes | No |
2004 | Mean Girls | Yes | No |
2005 | Sorry, Haters | No | Yes |
Just Like Heaven | Yes | No | |
2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Yes | No |
2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Yes | Yes |
2011 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | Yes | Yes |
2014 | Vampire Academy | Yes | No |
2016 | Bad Santa 2 | Yes | Yes |
2020 | Magic Camp | Yes | No |
2021 | He's All That | Yes | No |
2024 | Mother of the Bride | Yes | No |
TBA | Harvest Moon | Yes | No |
- ^ Also credited as writer
Producer
- 500 Days of Summer (2009)
- Harvest Moon (TBA)
Television
[edit]TV movies
Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
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2002 | Warning: Parental Advisory | Yes | No |
2009 | Eva Adams | Yes | Yes |
2015 | Salem Rogers | Yes | No |
Cheerleader Death Squad | Yes | No | |
2018 | #'Fashionvictim | Yes | Yes |
TV series
Year | Title | Director | Executive producer |
Notes |
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2012 | Made in Jersey | Yes | Yes | 2 episodes |
2013 | Witches of East End | Yes | Yes | 1 episode |
2019 | Looking for Alaska | No | Yes | Miniseries |
References
[edit]- ^ "Positive Outlook Worked in Taking 'House of Yes' from Stage to Big Screen". January 30, 1998. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022.
- ^ "FILMMAKER MAGAZINE | Fall 1996: PRODUCTION UPDATE".
- ^ GradeSaver. "Director's Influence on Mean Girls". GradeSaver. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Multiple sources:
- Lybarger, Dan (May 21, 2003). "Mean Girls - Interview with Mark Waters - Nitrate Online Feature". nitrateonline.com. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- "Mean Girls Director Mark Waters Spills 10 Juicy Stories, 10 Years Later". Vulture. April 30, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- Blair, Olivia (April 30, 2019). "The director of Mean Girls explains what would be different if the movie was made now". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ "Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past Mark Waters". exclaim.ca. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ "Jim Carrey and Director Mark Waters Confirmed for Mr. Popper's Penguins". /Film. August 20, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Brissey, Breia. "'Vampire Academy': 5 movie photos with director Mark Waters' notes". EW.com. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Weintraub, Steve (February 12, 2008). "Mark Waters Interview – THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES". Collider. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ Bahr, Robyn (August 27, 2021). "'He's All That': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ Fletcher, Alex (January 9, 2009). "Waters attached to 'Minimum Wage'". Digital Spy. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Mark Waters at IMDb
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