Name: John Waters
John Waters once stated that having someone vomit while watching one of his movies was like getting a standing ovation. Although a slow but steady integration into mainstream filmmaking has tempered that kind of thinking, the openly gay Waters remains one of cinema's most audacious practitioners. Born into an upper-middle-class Catholic family, Waters grew up in Baltimore, which serves as the locale of all his movies. Childhood interests in car accidents and murders marked him as a unique personality.