John Badham

Director

Born: August 25, 1939 (age 86)
From: Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

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…

Filmography (46)

Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg (2022)
Self - Director / Associate Producer
Meatballs (2022)
Director
In Search of Tomorrow (2022)
Self - Interviewee
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula (2019)
Becoming Iconic (2018)
Self
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie (2017)
Self
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman (2009)
Self
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (2008)
Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008)
Self
The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008)
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Self
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006)
Self
The Special: Building Blue Thunder
The Special: Building Blue Thunder (2006)
The Revamping of Dracula (2004)
Self
Evel Knievel (2004)
Director
Footsteps (2003)
Director
Obsessed (2002)
Director
Brother's Keeper (2002)
Director
The Last Debate (2000)
Director
The Jack Bull (1999)
Director
Floating Away (1998)
Director
Incognito (1997)
Director
Nick of Time (1995)
Director
Drop Zone (1994)
Director
Another Stakeout (1993)
Director
Point of No Return (1993)
Director
The Hard Way (1991)
Director
Bird on a Wire (1990)
Director
Stakeout (1987)
Director
Short Circuit (1986)
Director