John Badham
Department: Directing
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 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.
Known For
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
2022
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
2009
Becoming Iconic
2018
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Point of No Return
1993
The Last Debate
2000
The Revamping of Dracula
2004
Saturday Night Fever
1977
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
2019
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
Drop Zone
1994
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
The Special: Building Blue Thunder
2006
Crossing Jordan
2001