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John Badham

John Badham

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

25/08/1939

Age

86 years old

Place of Birth

Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Biography

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 Satur... Read More

Known For

Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg

Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg

In Search of Tomorrow

In Search of Tomorrow

Becoming Iconic

Becoming Iconic

Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie

Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

The Craft of Dirty Harry

The Craft of Dirty Harry

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Filmography

Crew

2022

Meatballs

as Director

2004

Evel Knievel

as Director

2003

Footsteps

as Director

2002

Obsessed

as Director

2002

Brother's Keeper

as Director

2000

The Last Debate

as Director

1999

The Jack Bull

as Director

1998

Floating Away

as Director

1997

Incognito

as Director

1995

Nick of Time

as Producer

1995

Nick of Time

as Director

1994

Drop Zone

as Executive Producer

1994

Drop Zone

as Director

1993

Another Stakeout

as Director

1993

Another Stakeout

as Executive Producer

1993

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

as Executive Producer

1993

Point of No Return

as Director

1993

Mood Indigo

as Executive Producer

1991

The Hard Way

as Director

1990

Bird on a Wire

as Director

1989

Disorganized Crime

as Executive Producer

1987

Stakeout

as Producer

1987

Stakeout

as Director

1986

Short Circuit

as Director

1985

American Flyers

as Director

1983

WarGames

as Director

1983

Blue Thunder

as Director

1981

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

as Director

1979

Dracula

as Director

1977

Saturday Night Fever

as Director

1976

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Mot...

as Director

1976

The Keegans

as Director

1974

The Godchild

as Director

1974

Reflections of Murder

as Director

1974

The Gun

as Director

1974

The Law

as Director

1974

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

as Director

1973

Isn't It Shocking?

as Director

1971

The Impatient Heart

as Director

1970

A Clear and Present Danger

as Associate Producer

1970

Dial Hot Line

as Associate Producer

1969

Night Gallery

as Associate Producer

1969

Deadlock

as Producer's Assistant