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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-06-30 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Wyandotte, Michigan, USA

Mark Waters

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Mark Stephen Waters (born June 30, 1964) is an American film director and producer. Waters is perhaps best known for directing Just Like Heaven, Freaky Friday, and Mean Girls, and producing 500 Days of Summer.

He is the brother of screenwriter Daniel Waters and has been married to actress Dina Spybey since 2000. He is a graduate of the American Film Institute and as of September 2006 has a development deal with Paramount pictures. He directed The Spiderwick Chronicles, filming in Montreal in the fall of 2006. In 2008 he shot "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" in Boston. He has a daughter named Zoe.

Waters was one of the 120 invitees to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2006.

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Known For

Acting

2007

Directing

2025

La Dolce Villa as Director

2024

2021

He's All That as Director

2020

Magic Camp as Director

2016

Bad Santa 2 as Director

2015

Salem Rogers as Director

2014

Vampire Academy as Director

2013

2012

Made in Jersey as Director

2011

2005

Just Like Heaven as Director

2004

Mean Girls as Director

2003

Freaky Friday as Director

2001

Head Over Heels as Director

1997

The House of Yes as Director

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#Fashionvictim as Director
Harvest Moon as Director
Inversion as Director
Hershey as Director

Production

2016

Bad Santa 2 as Executive Producer

2014

Vampire Academy as Executive Producer

2013

Witches of East End as Executive Producer

2012

Made in Jersey as Executive Producer

2011

Mr. Popper's Penguins as Executive Producer

2009

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past as Executive Producer

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Harvest Moon as Producer

Writing

1997

Camera

2006

Torchwood as Director of Photography