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John Badham

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Badham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​


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Born:
Aug 25, 1939 In Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
16
First Appeared:
In the movie Saturday Night Fever 1977-12-16
Latest Project:
Movie Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg 2022-06-21
Known For
Poster of Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
Poster of Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Poster of Crossing Jordan
Filmography
Movie In Search of Tomorrow Self - Interviewee 2022-02-19
Movie Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg Self - Director / Associate Producer 2022-06-21
Movie Becoming Iconic Self 2018-08-01
Movie Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie Self 2017-12-22
Movie Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman Himself 2009-02-25
Movie The Craft of Dirty Harry Self 2008-06-03
Movie The Business End: Violence in Cinema Self 2008-06-03
Movie The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry Self 2008-07-23
Movie Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story Self 2007-11-08
Movie Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' Self 2006-04-04
Movie The Revamping of Dracula Self 2004-10-19
Series Crossing Jordan Unknown 2001-09-24
Movie The Last Debate Don Beard 2000-11-05
Movie Drop Zone Yacht Captain (uncredited) 1994-12-08
Movie Point of No Return Room-Service Waiter 1993-03-19
Movie Saturday Night Fever Pedestrian #1 (uncredited) 1977-12-16