Mark Waters

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.

Directed

1. Mean Girls (2004) — Director
2. Freaky Friday (2003) — Director
3. Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011) — Director
4. The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) — Director
5. Just Like Heaven (2005) — Director
6. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) — Director
7. Vampire Academy (2014) — Director
8. He's All That (2021) — Director
9. Bad Santa 2 (2016) — Director
10. Mother of the Bride (2024) — Director
11. Head Over Heels (2001) — Director
12. Witches of East End (2013) — Director
13. La Dolce Villa (2025) — Director
14. Magic Camp (2020) — Director
15. The House of Yes (1997) — Director
16. Made in Jersey (2012) — Director
17. Warning: Parental Advisory (2002) — Director
18. Salem Rogers (2015) — Director
19. Harvest Moon — Director
20. Inversion — Director
21. Hershey (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. On the Lot (2007)