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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
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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 Watchlist
48% 53% Mr. Popper's Penguins
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38% 45% Magic Camp
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38% 47% Sorry, Haters
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29% 22% He's All That Watchlist

Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Mother of the Bride 13% 17% 2024 Director He's All That 29% 22% 2021 Director Magic Camp 38% 45% 2020 Director Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed 2017 Actor Bad Santa 2 23% 34% 2016 Director, Executive Producer Vampire Academy 17% 56% 2014 Director, Executive Producer Mr. Popper's Penguins 48% 53% 2011 Director, Executive Producer (500) Days of Summer 86% 84% 2009 Producer Ghosts of Girlfriends Past 27% 40% 2009 Director, Executive Producer The Spiderwick Chronicles 81% 63% 2008 Director Sorry, Haters 38% 47% 2005 Executive Producer Just Like Heaven 54% 75% 2005 Director Mean Girls 84% 66% 2004 Director Freaky Friday 88% 58% 2003 Director Warning: Parental Advisory 2002 Director Head Over Heels 10% 56% 2001 Director The House of Yes 62% 76% 1997 Director
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