
John Badham
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…
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Filmography
Acting (19)
Movies (18)
In Search of Tomorrow
2022as Self - Interviewee
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
2022as Self - Director / Associate Producer
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
2019
Becoming Iconic
2018as Self
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017as Self
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
2009as Himself
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008as Self
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008as Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008as Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007as Self
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006as Self
The Special: Building Blue Thunder
2006
The Revamping of Dracula
2004as Self
The Last Debate
2000as Don Beard
Drop Zone
1994as Yacht Captain (uncredited)
Point of No Return
1993as Room-Service Waiter
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
Saturday Night Fever
1977as Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)
Television (1)
Crew (75)
Movies (43)
Meatballs
2022Director
Evel Knievel
2004Director
Footsteps
2003Director
Brother's Keeper
2002Director
Obsessed
2002Director
The Last Debate
2000Director
The Jack Bull
1999Director
Floating Away
1998Director
Incognito
1997Director
Nick of Time
1995Director
Nick of Time
1995Producer
Drop Zone
1994Director
Drop Zone
1994Executive Producer
Mood Indigo
1993Executive Producer
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993Executive Producer
Point of No Return
1993Director
Another Stakeout
1993Director
Another Stakeout
1993Executive Producer
The Hard Way
1991Director
Bird on a Wire
1990Director
Disorganized Crime
1989Executive Producer
Stakeout
1987Director
Stakeout
1987Producer
Short Circuit
1986Director
American Flyers
1985Director
WarGames
1983Director
Blue Thunder
1983Director
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981Director
Dracula
1979Director
Saturday Night Fever
1977Director
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976Director
The Keegans
1976Director
The Law
1974Director
Reflections of Murder
1974Director
The Gun
1974Director
The Godchild
1974Director
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1974Director
Isn't It Shocking?
1973Director
The Impatient Heart
1971Director
Dial Hot Line
1970Associate Producer
A Clear and Present Danger
1970Associate Producer
Night Gallery
1969Associate Producer
Deadlock
1969Producer's Assistant
Television (32)
Siren
2018Director
Rush Hour
2016Director
12 Monkeys
2015Director
Stitchers
2015Director
Constantine
2014Director
Arrow
2012Director
Nikita
2010Director
The Event
2010Director
In Plain Sight
2008Director
Psych
2006Director
Heroes
2006Director
Men in Trees
2006Director
Supernatural
2005Director
Criminal Minds
2005Director
Blind Justice
2005Director
Blind Justice
2005Producer
Just Legal
2005Director
Las Vegas
2003Director
The Shield
2002Director
Crossing Jordan
2001Director
Police Story
1973Director
The Streets of San Francisco
1972Director
The Sixth Sense
1972Director
Cool Million
1972Director
Kung Fu
1972Director
Cannon
1971Director
Nichols
1971Director
Sarge
1971Director
Night Gallery
1970Director
Night Gallery
1970Producer
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970Director
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969Director
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