Director
John Badham
87 years · Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK · 41 films
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.
Best known for
WarGames
1983 · Director
On Philo
Saturday Night Fever
1977 · Pedestrian #1 (uncredited), Director
On Kanopy
Short Circuit
1986 · Director
On Hulu
Bird on a Wire
1990 · Director
On Amazon Prime Video
Nick of Time
1995 · Producer, Director
On Hoopla
Point of No Return
1993 · Room-Service Waiter, Director
On YouTube Free
Filmography 41
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
2022 · Self - Director / Associate Producer
Meatballs
2022 · Director
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Self - Interviewee
On Tubi TV
Becoming Iconic
2018 · Self
On Philo
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017 · Self
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
On Plex
The Revamping of Dracula
2004 · Self
Evel Knievel
2004 · Director
On Tubi TV
Footsteps
2003 · Director
Obsessed
2002 · Director
On Amazon Prime Video
Brother's Keeper
2002 · Director
The Last Debate
2000 · Don Beard, Director
The Jack Bull
1999 · Director
Floating Away
1998 · Director
Incognito
1997 · Director
On Kanopy
Nick of Time
1995 · Producer, Director
On Hoopla
Drop Zone
1994 · Yacht Captain (uncredited), Director
On Hoopla
Another Stakeout
1993 · Director
On Hoopla
Point of No Return
1993 · Room-Service Waiter, Director
On YouTube Free
The Hard Way
1991 · Director