Wainwright also directed Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie, along with John Oetjen (video producer). The film won Hammer, Wainwright and Oetjen a Grammy for Best Music Video, Long Form at the 33rd Grammy Awards.
Wainwright was born in the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, and started his film career in the 1980s as an actor. While in his twenties, he gained some notoriety for a short film called Open Window.
Wainwright has directed several feature films, including: Stigmata, Blank Check, The Sadness of Sex and The Fog. Stigmata was rated No. 1 at the box office, while The Fog was rated as one of the worst movies of the 2000s by Rotten Tomatoes.
He was featured in Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker in February 2010.
