[2] He then wrote, directed and starred alongside Larry Karaszewski in a local sketch comedy titled Beyond Our Control in the early 1980s.

[5] He received the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay for both Hudson Hawk and Ford Fairlane.

The story about Selina moving to a Vegas-like city called 'Oasisburg' and fighting parodies of male superheroes failed to resonate with Tim Burton or anyone at Warner.

In 2001, Waters made his directorial debut with Happy Campers,[6] another teen comedy in a black vein that, after a long delay, was released straight to DVD.

[7] His follow-up, Sex and Death 101, a hybrid of science fiction, dark comedy, and romantic thriller, won the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director at the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival.