Mark Waters
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Mark Stephen Waters (born June 30, 1964) is an American director.
Early life
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, 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
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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
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Script error: No such module "Sort".[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 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 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 | Template:TBA |
| 2025 | La Dolce Villa | Yes | No |
| 2026 | Hershey[11][12] | Yes | No |
| TBA | Harvest Moon | Yes | No |
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- ^ Also credited as writer
Producer
- 500 Days of Summer (2009)
- Harvest Moon (TBA)
Television
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 producery |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Positive Outlook Worked in Taking 'House of Yes' from Stage to Big Screen". January 30, 1998. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FILMMAKER MAGAZINE | Fall 1996: PRODUCTION UPDATE".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.GradeSaver. "Director's Influence on Mean Girls". GradeSaver. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Multiple sources:
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lybarger, Dan (May 21, 2003). "Mean Girls - Interview with Mark Waters - Nitrate Online Feature". nitrateonline.com. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mean Girls Director Mark Waters Spills 10 Juicy Stories, 10 Years Later". Vulture. April 30, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past Mark Waters". exclaim.ca. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jim Carrey and Director Mark Waters Confirmed for Mr. Popper's Penguins". /Film. August 20, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brissey, Breia. "'Vampire Academy': 5 movie photos with director Mark Waters' notes". EW.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Weintraub, Steve (February 12, 2008). "Mark Waters Interview – THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES". Collider. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bahr, Robyn (August 27, 2021). "'He's All That': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fletcher, Alex (January 9, 2009). "Waters attached to 'Minimum Wage'". Digital Spy. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hershey and Dandelion Media to Unwrap Founder's Story in Upcoming Major Motion Picture HERSHEY, Set for 2026 Release".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Extras needed for Hershey biopic filming in Pittsburgh - CBS Pittsburgh". CBS News.
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