About
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.
Filmography
Meatballs2022 · Director
Evel Knievel2004 · Director
Footsteps2003 · Director
Obsessed2002 · Director
Brother's Keeper2002 · Director
The Last Debate2000 · Director
The Jack Bull1999 · Director
Floating Away1998 · Director
Incognito1997 · Director
Nick of Time1995 · Producer, Director
Drop Zone1994 · Director, Executive Producer
Another Stakeout1993 · Director, Executive Producer
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story1993 · Executive Producer
Point of No Return1993 · Director
Mood Indigo1993 · Executive Producer
The Hard Way1991 · Director
Bird on a Wire1990 · Director
Disorganized Crime1989 · Executive Producer
Stakeout1987 · Producer, Director
Short Circuit1986 · Director