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Actor

John Badham

Directing

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14

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Movies: 47Series: 30Crew credits: 68

TMDB ID: 12840

IMDb ID: nm0000824

Known for: Directing

Born: August 25, 1939

Age: 86

Place of birth: Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1969 - 2022

Years active: 54

Average TMDB rating: 6.77

Wikidata: Q547485

Also known as

Charles John Smith • John M. Badham • 约翰·班德汉姆

Other jobs

Director (61)Associate Producer (3)Executive Producer (3)Producer's Assistant (1)

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 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.

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