Mark Waters

18 films directed

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.

Most directed genres

Recurring actors

The career in numbers

US$ 379 mi Total budget from 11 film(s) with data
US$ 901 mi Total box office from 10 film(s) with data
US$ 34 mi Average budget from 11 film(s) with data
US$ 90 mi Average box office from 10 film(s) with data
6.3 Average rating from 14 film(s) with data
2.5× Return on investment from 10 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Hershey	2026	—	—	—
La Dolce Villa	2025	—	—	6.3
Mother of the Bride	2024	—	—	5.9
He's All That	2021	—	—	6.5
Magic Camp	2020	US$ 24 mi	—	6.9
Bad Santa 2	2016	US$ 26 mi	US$ 24 mi	5.4
Salem Rogers	2015	—	—	3.3
Vampire Academy	2014	US$ 30 mi	US$ 15 mi	6.3
Mr. Popper's Penguins	2011	US$ 55 mi	US$ 187 mi	6.0
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	2009	US$ 38 mi	US$ 102 mi	6.0
The Spiderwick Chronicles	2008	US$ 90 mi	US$ 164 mi	6.7
Just Like Heaven	2005	US$ 58 mi	US$ 103 mi	7.0
Mean Girls	2004	US$ 17 mi	US$ 130 mi	7.2
Freaky Friday	2003	US$ 26 mi	US$ 161 mi	6.6
Warning: Parental Advisory	2002	—	—	6.8
Head Over Heels	2001	US$ 14 mi	US$ 13 mi	5.8
The House of Yes	1997	US$ 2 mi	US$ 626,057	6.2
Harvest Moon	—	—	—	—