Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 25, 1939
Age
87
Place of Birth
Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Popularity
1.4
John Badham
Directing
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…
Also known as
Charles John Smith · John M. Badham · 约翰·班德汉姆
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Filmography
2022
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
Movie · Self - Director / Associate Producer
0.0
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
Movie · Self - Interviewee
6.7
2019
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
Movie
0.0
2018
Becoming Iconic
Movie · Self
5.3
2017
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
Movie · Self
7.7
2009
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
Movie · Self
5.0
2008
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Movie · Self
5.8
2008
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Movie · Self
8.0
2008
The Craft of Dirty Harry
Movie · Self
6.0
2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Movie · Self
7.8
2006
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Movie · Self
0.0
2006
The Special: Building Blue Thunder
Movie
0.0
2004
The Revamping of Dracula
Movie · Self
6.0
2001
Crossing Jordan
TV · Marty
7.2
2000
The Last Debate
Movie · Don Beard
9.0
1994
Drop Zone
Movie · Yacht Captain (uncredited)
5.7
1993
Point of No Return
Movie · Room-Service Waiter
6.2
1983
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
Movie
0.0
1977
Saturday Night Fever
Movie · Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)
6.7