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John Badham
Known for: DirectingJohn 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.
Filmography 24
Night Gallery
Producer 
Bird on a Wire
Director 
Saturday Night Fever
Director 
Short Circuit
Director 
Sõjamängud
Director 
Blue Thunder
Director 
Drop Zone
Director 
Point of No Return
Director 
Üle noatera
Director, Producer 
The Hard Way
Director 
Another Stakeout
Director 
Stakeout
Director, Producer 
The Jack Bull
Director 
Dracula
Director 
American Flyers
Director 
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Director 
Incognito
Director 
Brother's Keeper
Director 
Becoming Iconic
as Self 
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
as Self 
Evel Knievel
Director 
Obsessed
Director