John Badham

87, from Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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 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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Timeline

2022Aged 83

  • Poster for In Search of Tomorrow

    Self - Interviewee

  • Poster for Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg

    Self - Director / Associate Producer

  • Poster for Meatballs

    Director

2018Aged 79

  • Poster for Becoming Iconic

    Self

2017Aged 78

  • Poster for Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie

    Self

2009Aged 70

  • Poster for Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman

    Self

2008Aged 69

  • Poster for The Craft of Dirty Harry

    Self

  • Poster for The Business End: Violence in Cinema

    Self

  • Poster for The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

    Self

2007Aged 68

  • Poster for Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

    Self

2004Aged 65

  • Poster for The Revamping of Dracula

    Self

  • Poster for Evel Knievel

    Director

2003Aged 64

  • Poster for Footsteps

    Director

2002Aged 63

  • Poster for Brother's Keeper

    Director

  • Poster for Obsessed

    Director

2000Aged 61

  • Poster for The Last Debate

    Don Beard

1999Aged 60

  • Poster for The Jack Bull

    Director

1998Aged 59

  • Poster for Floating Away

    Director

1997Aged 58

  • Poster for Incognito

    Director

1995Aged 56

  • Poster for Nick of Time

    Producer

1994Aged 55

  • Poster for Drop Zone

    Yacht Captain (uncredited)

1993Aged 54

  • Poster for Point of No Return

    Room-Service Waiter

  • Poster for Mood Indigo

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Another Stakeout

    Executive Producer

1991Aged 52

  • Poster for The Hard Way

    Director

1990Aged 51

  • Poster for Bird on a Wire

    Director

1989Aged 50

  • Poster for Disorganized Crime

    Executive Producer

1987Aged 48

  • Poster for Stakeout

    Producer

1986Aged 47

  • Poster for Short Circuit

    Director

1985Aged 46

  • Poster for American Flyers

    Director

1983Aged 44

1981Aged 42

  • Poster for Whose Life Is It Anyway?

    Director

1979Aged 40

  • Poster for Dracula

    Director

1977Aged 38

  • Poster for Saturday Night Fever

    Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)

1976Aged 37

  • Poster for The Keegans

    Director

  • Poster for The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

    Director

1974Aged 35

  • Poster for Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

    Director

  • Poster for The Law

    Director

  • Poster for The Gun

    Director

  • Poster for Reflections of Murder

    Director

  • Poster for The Godchild

    Director

1973Aged 34

  • Poster for Isn't It Shocking?

    Director

1971Aged 32

1970Aged 31

  • Poster for Dial Hot Line

    Associate Producer

  • Poster for A Clear and Present Danger

    Associate Producer

1969Aged 30

  • Poster for Deadlock

    Producer's Assistant

  • Poster for Night Gallery

    Associate Producer