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John Badham

Directing
August 25, 1939 (86 years old)
Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Popularity: 2

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...

Also Known As

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

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