Herbert Lee Waters

Herbert Lee Waters (1902–1997) was an American photographer and filmmaker. Waters was born in Caroleen, North Carolina. He worked as a studio photographer in Lexington, North Carolina. Waters also created over 252 short films that make up a series, Movies of Local People, depicting life in small towns in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Waters arranged screenings of the short films at local cinemas. They were usually played before the feature film of the screening. Further information can be found in the Duke Libraries Guide to H. Lee Waters.

In 2004, the Library of Congress selected Waters' film called Kannapolis, N.C. for preservation in the National Film Registry as representative of his work and genre.