5 words to describe the film you have at the Festival

Rude, joyous, juvenile, intellectual, dirty.

4 of your favourite cinemas in the world

The Charles Theatre, Baltimore (my local arthouse); the Earl Theatre, Baltimore (now closed – a great porn theatre); the Nuart Theatre, Los Angeles (Pink Flamingos played there for ten years); the Elgin Theatre, New York (now closed – Pink Flamingos premiered there).

3 people you would love to work with

Meryl Streep, Brenda Lee, Isabelle Huppert.

2 films you would love to see at the EIFF

Gus Van Sant’s Parnoid Park and André Téchiné’s The Witnesses.

1 thing you would love to change about film festivals if you were bestowed with the power to do so?

Nude ushers.

John Waters: This Filthy World, Cineworld, 623 8030, 16 Aug, 8.30pm, £10.50 (£7.35).