"Inspired by the underground films of Andy Warhol, the Kuchar brothers, and Kenneth Anger; the exploitation movies of Russ Meyer; the lurid gore of Herschell Gordon Lewis; and international films like "I Am Curious (Yellow)," Waters began making movies as a teenager with an 8mm camera at his parents' house. He called his production company, "Dreamland Studios". His roster of talent was made up of childhood friends and neighbors. Over a career spanning more than half a century, so far, he has made 12 feature films. Comedies, a musical, a melodrama, the uncategorizable. But one thing they all have in common are protagonists who, as Waters said of his leading man Divine, "… represented to any kind of rebel somebody that could win."
