Name
John Badham
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1939-08-25 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Biography
John MacDonald Badham (born August 25, 1939) is an British-born American director, best known for the films Saturday Night Fever (1977), Blue Thunder (1983), WarGames (1983), Short Circuit (1986), and Stakeout (1987).
Badham worked in television for years, before his breakthrough in 1977 with Saturday Night Fever, a massive worldwide hit starring John Travolta. WarGames (1983), starring Matthew Broderick, is his other signature film, renowned for its take on popular Cold War fears of nuclear terror, and holocaust, as well as being one of the first films to deal with the subculture of amateur hacking.
In addition to his numerous film credits, Badham has also directed and produced for TV, including credits for Rod Serling's Night Gallery, and the A&E television series The Beast. He has also contributed commentary to the web series Trailers from Hell.
Known For
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- 2007 Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story as Self
- 2022 Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg as Self - Director / Associate Producer
- 2009 Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman as Self
- 2018 Becoming Iconic as Self
- 2006 Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' as Self
- 2017 Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie as Self
- 2008 The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- 2008 The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2022 In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 1993 Point of No Return as Room-Service Waiter
- 2000 The Last Debate as Don Beard
- 2004 The Revamping of Dracula as Self
- 1977 Saturday Night Fever as Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)
- 2019 King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
- 2008 The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- 1994 Drop Zone as Yacht Captain (uncredited)
- 1983 Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
- 2006 The Special: Building Blue Thunder
- 2001 Crossing Jordan ( 1 episode ) as Marty
