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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
+1
Producer 
Bird on a Wire
+4
Director 
Saturday Night Fever
+7
Director 
WarGames
+9
Director 
Short Circuit
+4
Director 
Blue Thunder
+6
Director 
Point of No Return
+4
Director 
Nick of Time
+4
Director, Producer 
The Hard Way
+2
Director 
Another Stakeout
+3
Director 
Drop Zone
+3
Director 
Stakeout
+2
Director, Producer 
The Jack Bull
+2
Director 
Dracula
+4
Director 
American Flyers
+4
Director 
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
+2
Director 
+9 
Incognito
+5
Director 
Obsessed
Director 
Brother's Keeper
+2
Director 
Becoming Iconic
+10
as Self 
Evel Knievel
+8
Director