John Badham (born August 25, 1939) is a film director. Though born in the Britain (in Luton, Bedfordshire), John Badham was raised in the state of Alabama in the U.S. and became a naturalized citizen at the age of seven.

He attended Indian Springs School in Alabama and college at Yale University. He had worked for television for years before his breakthrough with Saturday Night Fever in 1977.

As well as numerous film credits, Badham has also directed and produced for TV, including credits for Rod Serling's Night Gallery.

He is the decade-older brother of Mary Badham, Oscar nominated for her child-acting role in To Kill a Mockingbird. (Outside of her only role as an adult -- decades after he became well known -- all her acting credits preceded his first film or television credit by several years.)

Filmography (selected)

• Saturday Night Fever (1977)
• Dracula (1979)
• Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
• Blue Thunder (1983)
• WarGames (1983)
• American Flyers (1985)
• Short Circuit (1986)
• Stakeout (1987)
• The Hard Way (1991)
• Point of No Return (1993)
• Drop Zone (1994)
• Nick of Time (1995)
• Incognito (1997)
• The Jack Bull (1999)

Publications

• Badham, John (2006). I'll Be in My Trailer. Michael Wiese Productions. ISBN 1932907149. 

External links

• John Badham at the Internet Movie Database
• John Badham BFI database entry.

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