John Badham

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John MacDonald Badham is an Englishborn 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 Serlings Night Gallery and the AE television series The Beast He has also contributed commentary to the web series Trailers from Hell Description above from the Wikipedia article John Badham licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia