John Badham

Birthday: 1939-08-25
Birthplace: Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Gender: Male

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 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.

Credits

Year Title
2004-07-30 Evel Knievel
2003-10-11 Footsteps
2002-09-22 Obsessed
2002-01-29 Brother's Keeper
2000-11-05 The Last Debate
1999-04-17 The Jack Bull
1998-08-30 Floating Away
1997-11-14 Incognito
1995-11-22 Nick of Time
1994-12-08 Drop Zone
1993-07-22 Another Stakeout
1993-03-19 Point of No Return
1991-03-08 The Hard Way
1990-05-18 Bird on a Wire
1987-08-05 Stakeout
1986-05-09 Short Circuit
1985-08-16 American Flyers
1983-06-03 WarGames
1983-02-05 Blue Thunder
1981-12-02 Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1979-07-20 Dracula
1977-12-16 Saturday Night Fever
1976-07-16 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976-05-03 The Keegans
1974-11-27 The Godchild
1974-11-24 Reflections of Murder
1974-11-13 The Gun
1974-10-22 The Law
1974-05-01 Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1973-10-02 Isn't It Shocking?
1971-10-07 The Impatient Heart