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Mark Waters

Highest Rated: 88% Freaky Friday (2003)

Lowest Rated: 10% Head Over Heels (2001)

Birthday: Jun 30, 1964

Birthplace: Wyandotte, Michigan, USA

Though he earned his place atop the Hollywood food chain directing mainstream comedies with teenybopper Lindsay Lohan in the leads, director Mark S. Waters started his career with "House of Yes" (1997), a dark comedy about incest and obsession. While a movie that pokes fun at incest might not be the surest path to fame and glory, "House of Yes" did earn Waters plenty of critical kudos and recognition at film festivals, particularly Sundance, where star Parker Posey won the 1997 Best Acting Award. Waters soon learned, however, that art and commerce stand in stark opposition, existing outside and sometimes despite each other, a realization that led him to make standard Hollywood fare before dipping his t back into darker waters.

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Highest rated movies

88% 58% Freaky Friday
Watchlist 86% 84% (500) Days of Summer Watchlist 84% 66% Mean Girls Watchlist 81% 63% The Spiderwick Chronicles Watchlist
62% 76% The House of Yes
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54% 75% Just Like Heaven
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48% 53% Mr. Popper's Penguins
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38% 45% Magic Camp
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38% 47% Sorry, Haters
Watchlist 29% 22% He's All That Watchlist
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Mark Waters

Mark Waters Mark Waters, Dina Spybey at arrivals for Warren Beatty Receives the AFI Life Achievement Award, The Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, June 12, 2008. Photo by: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Freddie Highmore and Mark Waters on the set of "The Spiderwick Chronicles" JUST LIKE HEAVEN, Mark Ruffalo, director Mark Waters on set, 2005, (c) DreamWorks GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST, from left: Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey, director Mark Waters, on set, 2009. Photo: Ron Batzdorff/ ©New Line Cinema/ GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST, director Mark Waters, on set, 2009. Photo: Ron Batzdorff/ ©New Line Cinema/ JUST LIKE HEAVEN, director Mark Waters on set, 2005, (c) DreamWorks MEAN GIRLS, Mark Waters, Lorne Michaels, 2004, (c) Paramount HEAD OVER HEELS, producer Robert Simonds, director Mark Waters, on set, 2001. ©Universal MEAN GIRLS, Lizzy Caplan, director Mark Waters, Lindsay Lohan on set, 2004, (c) Paramount View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
13% 17% Mother of the Bride Director - 2024
29% 22% He's All That Director - 2021
38% 45% Magic Camp Director - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed Unknown (Character) - 2017
23% 34% Bad Santa 2 Director,
Executive Producer 		$17.7M 2016
17% 56% Vampire Academy Director,
Executive Producer 		$7.8M 2014
48% 53% Mr. Popper's Penguins Director,
Executive Producer 		$68.2M 2011
86% 84% (500) Days of Summer Producer $32.4M 2009
27% 40% Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Director,
Executive Producer 		$52.2M 2009
81% 63% The Spiderwick Chronicles Director $71.1M 2008
38% 47% Sorry, Haters Executive Producer $6.4K 2005
54% 75% Just Like Heaven Director $48.3M 2005
84% 66% Mean Girls Director $86.1M 2004
88% 58% Freaky Friday Director $110.2M 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Warning: Parental Advisory Director - 2002
10% 56% Head Over Heels Director $10.4M 2001
62% 76% The House of Yes Director $636.2K 1997

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92% 91% Looking for Alaska Executive Producer 2019
33% No Score Yet Made in Jersey Executive Producer,
Director 		2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet On the Lot Judge 2007