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 Serlings Night Gallery, and the A&E television series The Beast. He has also contributed commentary to the web series Trailers from Hell.

All movies available from John Badham

Poster movie The Last Debate

The Last Debate

Movie

Movies unavailable from John Badham

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Self

Movie 2007

Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg

Self - Director / Associate Producer

Movie 2022

Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman

Himself

Movie 2009

Becoming Iconic

Self

Movie 2018

Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'

Self

Movie 2006

Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie

Self

Movie 2017

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

Self

Movie 2008

The Craft of Dirty Harry

Self

Movie 2008

In Search of Tomorrow

Self - Interviewee

Movie 2022

Point of No Return

Room-Service Waiter

Movie 1993

The Revamping of Dracula

Self

Movie 2004

Saturday Night Fever

Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)

Movie 1977

King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula

Movie 2019

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

Self

Movie 2008

Drop Zone

Yacht Captain (uncredited)

Movie 1994

Tv series unavailable from John Badham

Crossing Jordan

Marty

Tv 2001