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Mark Waters
Directing · Born 1964-06-30 · Wyandotte, Michigan, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Waters (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Torchwood
Director of Photography

Mean Girls
Director

The Spiderwick Chronicles
Director

(500) Days of Summer
Producer

Witches of East End
Director

Just Like Heaven
Director

Freaky Friday
Director

He's All That
Director

Vampire Academy
Director

Made in Jersey
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026HersheyDirector
- 2025La Dolce VillaDirector
- 2024Mother of the BrideDirector
- 2021He's All ThatDirector
- 2020Magic CampDirector
- 2016Bad Santa 2Executive Producer
- 2015Salem RogersDirector
- 2014Vampire AcademyDirector
- 2013Witches of East EndDirector
- 2012Made in JerseyExecutive Producer
- 2011Mr. Popper's PenguinsDirector
- 2009(500) Days of SummerProducer
- 2009Ghosts of Girlfriends PastDirector
- 2008The Spiderwick ChroniclesDirector
- 2007On the Lot
- 2006TorchwoodDirector of Photography
- 2005Just Like HeavenDirector
- 2005Sorry, HatersExecutive Producer
- 2004Mean GirlsDirector
- 2003Freaky FridayDirector
- 2002Warning: Parental AdvisoryDirector
- 2001Head Over HeelsDirector
- 1997The House of YesDirector
- —Harvest MoonProducer
- —InversionDirector
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