John Badham
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 25, 1939, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
- Movies
- 50
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg | Self - Director / Associate Producer |
| 2022 | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee |
| 2019 | King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula | |
| 2018 | Becoming Iconic | Self |
| 2017 | Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie | Self |
| 2009 | Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman | Self |
| 2008 | The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry | Self |
| 2008 | The Business End: Violence in Cinema | Self |
| 2008 | The Craft of Dirty Harry | Self |
| 2007 | Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | Self |
| 2006 | Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' | Self |
| 2006 | The Special: Building Blue Thunder | |
| 2004 | The Revamping of Dracula | Self |
| 2000 | The Last Debate | Don Beard |
| 1994 | Drop Zone | Yacht Captain (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Point of No Return | Room-Service Waiter |
| 1983 | Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder | |
| 1977 | Saturday Night Fever | Pedestrian #1 (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2022 | Meatballs | Director |
| 2004 | Evel Knievel | Director |
| 2003 | Footsteps | Director |
| 2002 | Obsessed | Director |
| 2002 | Brother's Keeper | Director |
| 2000 | The Last Debate | Director |
| 1999 | The Jack Bull | Director |
| 1998 | Floating Away | Director |
| 1997 | Incognito | Director |
| 1995 | Nick of Time | Director, Producer |
| 1994 | Drop Zone | Director |
| 1993 | Another Stakeout | Director |
| 1993 | Point of No Return | Director |
| 1991 | The Hard Way | Director |
| 1990 | Bird on a Wire | Director |
| 1987 | Stakeout | Director, Producer |
| 1986 | Short Circuit | Director |
| 1985 | American Flyers | Director |
| 1983 | WarGames | Director |
| 1983 | Blue Thunder | Director |
| 1981 | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Director |
| 1979 | Dracula | Director |
| 1977 | Saturday Night Fever | Director |
| 1976 | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | Director |
| 1976 | The Keegans | Director |
| 1974 | The Godchild | Director |
| 1974 | Reflections of Murder | Director |
| 1974 | The Gun | Director |
| 1974 | The Law | Director |
| 1974 | Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love | Director |
| 1973 | Isn't It Shocking? | Director |
| 1971 | The Impatient Heart | Director |
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