John Badham
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday25 August 1939 (87 years old)
Place of birthLuton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Known credits83
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 …
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
2022 · Self - Director / Associate Producer
Meatballs
2022 · Director
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Self - Interviewee
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
2019
Becoming Iconic
2018 · Self
Siren
2018 · Director
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017 · Self
Rush Hour
2016 · Director
Stitchers
2015 · Director
12 Monkeys
2015 · Director
Constantine
2014 · Director
Arrow
2012 · Director
The Event
2010 · Director
Nikita
2010 · Director
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
2009 · Self
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 · Self
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
In Plain Sight
2008 · Director
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007 · Self
Heroes
2006 · Director
Men in Trees
2006 · Director
Psych
2006 · Director
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006 · Self
The Special: Building Blue Thunder
2006
Criminal Minds
2005 · Director
Just Legal
2005 · Director
Supernatural
2005 · Director
Blind Justice
2005 · Producer
Blind Justice
2005 · Director
The Revamping of Dracula
2004 · Self
Evel Knievel
2004 · Director
Footsteps
2003 · Director
Las Vegas
2003 · Director
Obsessed
2002 · Director
The Shield
2002 · Director
Brother's Keeper
2002 · Director
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Marty
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Director
The Last Debate
2000 · Don Beard
The Last Debate
2000 · Director
The Jack Bull
1999 · Director
Floating Away
1998 · Director
Incognito
1997 · Director
Nick of Time
1995 · Producer
Nick of Time
1995 · Director
Drop Zone
1994 · Yacht Captain (uncredited)
Drop Zone
1994 · Director
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