John Badham

John Badham

Directing

Birthday

1939/08/25 (85 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Also know as

Charles John Smith, John M. Badham, 约翰·班德汉姆

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 te...Read more

Acting
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
7.8

(2007) Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

as Self

Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
0.0

(2022) Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg

as Self - Director / Associate Producer

5.0

(2009) Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman

as Himself

Becoming Iconic
4.8

(2018) Becoming Iconic

as Self

0.0

(2006) Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'

as Self

Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
7.7

(2017) Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie

as Self

The Business End: Violence in Cinema
8.0

(2008) The Business End: Violence in Cinema

as Self

The Craft of Dirty Harry
6.0

(2008) The Craft of Dirty Harry

as Self

In Search of Tomorrow
6.5

(2022) In Search of Tomorrow

as Self - Interviewee

Point of No Return
6.2

(1993) Point of No Return

as Room-Service Waiter

The Last Debate
0.0

(2000) The Last Debate

as Don Beard

The Revamping of Dracula
5.0

(2004) The Revamping of Dracula

as Self

Saturday Night Fever
6.7

(1977) Saturday Night Fever

as Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)

0.0

(2019) King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula

as ---

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
5.8

(2008) The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

as Self

Drop Zone
5.7

(1994) Drop Zone

as Yacht Captain (uncredited)

Crossing Jordan
7.2

(2001) Crossing Jordan

as Marty