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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
August 25, 1939
Place of Birth
Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Charles John Smith
- John M. Badham
- 约翰·班德汉姆
John Badham
1.0 Popularity
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
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Self - Director / Associate Producer
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
2022
6.6
Self - Interviewee
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
🎬
0.0
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
2019
5.2
Self
Becoming Iconic
2018
7.7
Self
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017
🎬
5.0
Himself
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
2009
5.8
Self
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
8.0
Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
6.0
Self
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
7.8
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
Credits
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
as Self - Director / Associate Producer
2022
0.0
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
2022
6.6
🎬
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
2019
0.0
Becoming Iconic
as Self
2018
5.2
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
as Self
2017
7.7
🎬
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
as Himself
2009
5.0
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008
5.8
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
as Self
2008
8.0
The Craft of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008
6.0
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
2007
7.8
🎬
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
as Self
2006
0.0
The Revamping of Dracula
as Self
2004
5.0
Crossing Jordan
as Marty
2001
7.2
The Last Debate
as Don Beard
2000
0.0
Drop Zone
as Yacht Captain (uncredited)
1994
5.7
Point of No Return
as Room-Service Waiter
1993
6.2
Saturday Night Fever
as Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)
1977
6.7