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John Badham

John Badham

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 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.

On screen

  • Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
  • In Search of Tomorrow
  • Becoming Iconic
  • Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
  • The Business End: Violence in Cinema
  • The Craft of Dirty Harry
  • The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
  • Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
  • The Revamping of Dracula
  • The Last Debate
  • Drop Zone
  • Point of No Return
  • Saturday Night Fever

Behind the camera

  • Meatballs
  • Evel Knievel
  • Footsteps
  • Brother's Keeper
  • Obsessed
  • The Last Debate
  • The Jack Bull
  • Floating Away
  • Incognito
  • Nick of Time
  • Drop Zone
  • Point of No Return
  • Another Stakeout
  • The Hard Way
  • Bird on a Wire
  • Stakeout
  • Short Circuit
  • American Flyers
  • WarGames
  • Blue Thunder
  • Whose Life Is It Anyway?
  • Dracula
  • Saturday Night Fever
  • The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
  • The Keegans
  • Reflections of Murder
  • The Godchild
  • The Law
  • The Gun
  • Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
  • Isn't It Shocking?

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