John Badham

Biography

John 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.

Directed

1. Supernatural (2005) — Director
2. Arrow (2012) — Director
3. Criminal Minds (2005) — Director
4. Siren (2018) — Director
5. Heroes (2006) — Director
6. WarGames (1983) — Director
7. Saturday Night Fever (1977) — Director
8. Constantine (2014) — Director
9. Short Circuit (1986) — Director
10. 12 Monkeys (2015) — Director
11. Bird on a Wire (1990) — Director
12. Psych (2006) — Director
13. The Shield (2002) — Director
14. Nick of Time (1995) — Director
15. Point of No Return (1993) — Director
16. Blue Thunder (1983) — Director
17. Nikita (2010) — Director
18. The Hard Way (1991) — Director
19. Drop Zone (1994) — Director
20. Stakeout (1987) — Director
21. Dracula (1979) — Director
22. Las Vegas (2003) — Director
23. Another Stakeout (1993) — Director
24. The Event (2010) — Director
25. Kung Fu (1972) — Director
26. Stitchers (2015) — Director
27. Crossing Jordan (2001) — Director
28. American Flyers (1985) — Director
29. Night Gallery (1970) — Director
30. The Jack Bull (1999) — Director
31. The Streets of San Francisco (1972) — Director
32. Rush Hour (2016) — Director
33. In Plain Sight (2008) — Director
34. Incognito (1997) — Director
35. Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) — Director
36. Cannon (1971) — Director
37. Men in Trees (2006) — Director
38. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) — Director
39. Police Story (1973) — Director
40. Obsessed (2002) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Saturday Night Fever (1977) — Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)
2. Point of No Return (1993) — Room-Service Waiter
3. Drop Zone (1994) — Yacht Captain (uncredited)
4. Crossing Jordan (2001) — Marty
5. In Search of Tomorrow (2022) — Self - Interviewee
6. Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) — Self
7. Becoming Iconic (2018) — Self
8. The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (2008) — Self
9. Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie (2017) — Self
10. The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008) — Self
11. The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008) — Self
12. Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman (2009) — Self
13. The Last Debate (2000) — Don Beard
14. The Revamping of Dracula (2004) — Self
15. Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg (2022) — Self - Director / Associate Producer
16. Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006) — Self
17. King of my Kind: John Badham Remembers Dracula (2019)
18. Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder (1983)
19. The Special: Building Blue Thunder (2006)