Freddie Highmore and Mark Waters in The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Lorne Michaels and Mark Waters in Mean Girls (2004)

Lindsay Lohan and Mark Waters in Mean Girls (2004)

Mark Waters in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, and Mark Waters in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

Mark Ruffalo and Mark Waters in Just Like Heaven (2005)

Lindsay Lohan and Mark Waters in Freaky Friday (2003)

Dina Spybey-Waters and Mark Waters in Freaky Friday (2003)

Director Mark Waters (far left), producer Andrew Gunn (second from left) and Jamie Lee Curtis (second from right).

Director Mark Waters and producer Robert Simonds

Dina Spybey-Waters and Mark Waters at an event for Bad Santa 2 (2016)

Dina Spybey-Waters and Mark Waters at an event for 500 Days of Summer (2009)

Mark Waters at an event for Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

Matthew McConaughey, Lacey Chabert, Mark Waters, and Emma Stone at an event for Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

Dina Spybey-Waters and Mark Waters at an event for Just Like Heaven (2005)

Mark Waters in The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Mark Waters at an event for Bad Santa 2 (2016)