John Badham
Directing
19
Acting Credits
62
Directed
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...
Known For
Filmography
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
2022
as Self - Director / Associate Producer
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
2019
Becoming Iconic
2018
as Self
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017
as Self
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
2009
as Himself
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
as Self
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
as Self
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
as Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
as Self
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
as Self
The Special: Building Blue Thunder
2006
The Revamping of Dracula
2004
as Self
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Marty
The Last Debate
2000
as Don Beard
Drop Zone
1994
as Yacht Captain (uncredited)
Point of No Return
1993
as Room-Service Waiter
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
Saturday Night Fever
1977
as Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)