John Badham
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.
62 directing credits · 19 acting credits
Directing · 62
Supernatural
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
Arrow
2012
Psych
2006
Crossing Jordan
2001
Heroes
2006
The Shield
2002
Las Vegas
2003
Cannon
1971
Nikita
2010
Night Gallery
1970
12 Monkeys
2015
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
In Plain Sight
2008
Siren
2018
Police Story
1973
Stitchers
2015
Constantine
2014
Nichols
1971
Men in Trees
2006
Rush Hour
2016
The Event
2010
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
The Sixth Sense
1972
Blind Justice
2005
WarGames
1983
Bird on a Wire
1990
Saturday Night Fever
1977
Short Circuit
1986
Cool Million
1972
Just Legal
2005
Drop Zone
1994
Sarge
1971
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970
Stakeout
1987
The Hard Way
1991
Blue Thunder
1983
Nick of Time
1995
Point of No Return
1993
Dracula
1979
Another Stakeout
1993
The Jack Bull
1999
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
Kung Fu
1972
American Flyers
1985
Incognito
1997
Obsessed
2002
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1974
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
The Last Debate
2000
Evel Knievel
2004
The Keegans
1976
Footsteps
2003
Isn't It Shocking?
1973
The Godchild
1974
Brother's Keeper
2002
Reflections of Murder
1974
The Gun
1974
The Law
1974
Floating Away
1998
The Impatient Heart
1971
Meatballs
2022
Acting · 19
Crossing Jordan
2001
Saturday Night Fever
1977
Drop Zone
1994
Point of No Return
1993
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
The Last Debate
2000
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
Becoming Iconic
2018
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
2022
The Revamping of Dracula
2004
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
2009
The Special: Building Blue Thunder
2006
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983
King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula
2019