John Badham
Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK — Aug 25 1939
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John MacDonald Badham is an English-born American director of film and television, 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…
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Supernatural
Directing
Criminal Minds
Directing
Arrow
Directing
Psych
Directing
The Shield
Directing
Crossing Jordan
Marty
Heroes
Directing
Las Vegas
Directing
Nikita
Directing
Cannon
Directing
In Plain Sight
Directing
Siren
Directing
12 Monkeys
Directing
Night Gallery
Production
The Streets of San Francisco
Directing
Police Story
Directing
Men in Trees
Directing
Stitchers
Directing
Nichols
Directing
The Event
Directing
Rush Hour
Directing
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Directing
Blind Justice
Production
Constantine
Directing
The Sixth Sense
Directing
WarGames
Directing
Saturday Night Fever
Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Production
Just Legal
Directing
Cool Million
Directing
Bird on a Wire
Directing
Sarge
Directing
The Hard Way
Directing
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Directing
Short Circuit
Directing
Point of No Return
Room-Service Waiter
Blue Thunder
Directing
Stakeout
Production
Drop Zone
Yacht Captain (uncredited)
Dracula
Directing
The Jack Bull
Directing
Nick of Time
Production
Another Stakeout
Directing
American Flyers
Directing
Kung Fu
Directing
Evel Knievel
Directing
Incognito
Directing
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Directing
The Gun
Directing
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Directing
The Keegans
Directing
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
The Last Debate
Don Beard
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
Directing
Brother's Keeper
Directing
Night Gallery
Production
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
The Craft of Dirty Harry
Self
Disorganized Crime
Production
Mood Indigo
Production
Footsteps
Directing
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
The Law
Directing
Dial Hot Line
Production
Obsessed
Directing
The Impatient Heart
Directing
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
Isn't It Shocking?
Directing
The Revamping of Dracula
Self
Floating Away
Directing
The Godchild
Directing
Deadlock
Production
Reflections of Murder
Directing
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
Self
Becoming Iconic
Self
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
Self
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
A Clear and Present Danger
Production
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
Self - Director / Associate Producer
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Self
Meatballs
Directing
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
The Special: Building Blue Thunder