John Badham
Director · Actor · ProducerJohn 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.
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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR18
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
2022
Self - Director / Associate Producer
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Self - Interviewee
- King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
2019
Becoming Iconic
2018
Self
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017
Self
- Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
2009
Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
Self
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
Self
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
Self
- Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
Self
- The Special: Building Blue Thunder
The Special: Building Blue Thunder
2006
The Revamping of Dracula
2004
Self
The Last Debate
2000
Don Beard
Drop Zone
1994
Yacht Captain (uncredited)
Point of No Return
1993
Room-Service Waiter
- Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
Saturday Night Fever
1977
Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)
DIRECTOR32
Meatballs
2022
Director
Evel Knievel
2004
Director
Footsteps
2003
Director
Brother's Keeper
2002
Director
Obsessed
2002
Director
The Last Debate
2000
Director
The Jack Bull
1999
Director
Floating Away
1998
Director
Incognito
1997
Director
Nick of Time
1995
Director
Drop Zone
1994
Director
Point of No Return
1993
Director
Another Stakeout
1993
Director
The Hard Way
1991
Director
Bird on a Wire
1990
Director
Stakeout
1987
Director
Short Circuit
1986
Director
American Flyers
1985
Director
WarGames
1983
Director
Blue Thunder
1983
Director
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
Director
Dracula
1979
Director
Saturday Night Fever
1977
Director
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
Director
The Keegans
1976
Director
Reflections of Murder
1974
Director
The Godchild
1974
Director
The Law
1974
Director
The Gun
1974
Director
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1974
Director
Isn't It Shocking?
1973
Director
- The Impatient Heart
The Impatient Heart
1971
Director
PRODUCER11
Nick of Time
1995
Producer
Drop Zone
1994
Executive Producer
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993
Executive Producer
Mood Indigo
1993
Executive Producer
Another Stakeout
1993
Executive Producer
Disorganized Crime
1989
Executive Producer
Stakeout
1987
Producer
A Clear and Present Danger
1970
Associate Producer
Dial Hot Line
1970
Associate Producer
Deadlock
1969
Producer's Assistant
Night Gallery
1969
Associate Producer
