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Mar 30, 2017 · It’s been 40 years, but Saturday Night Fever director John Badham still remembers the moment he knew the low-budget disco movie he filmed in and around the streets of Brooklyn was about to ...
May 4, 2017 · “It’s just part of our audio culture,” believes SNF director John Badham (Blue Thunder, War Games, Stakeout), who supervised the 4K 1080p print restoration and English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD surround sound updates for the Saturday Night Fever Director’s Cut, which was released by Paramount on Blu-ray on May 2 in celebration of the film’s ...
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Badham was born in the United Kingdom, where his father was a colonel in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. When the war ended, Badham’s family moved to Birmingham, his father’s hometown. Badham, who was 5 years old at the time, remembered the trip across the Atlantic they took in a B-17 plane. “You know, the chairs, the seats in there, were a...
One of Badham’s earliest milestones was in 1953, when he was accepted at Indian Springs School, a specialized school in Shelby County where students could learn at their own pace. Badham found this concept very motivating. “(Headmaster) Dr. (Louis E.) Armstrong was a huge influence on how that school was set up and run, and using a lot of modern te...
After graduating from Yale, Badham went west to Los Angeles in hopes of finding his way into the entertainment business. Badham said when he got to California, his Yale degrees weren’t particularly useful. “That wouldn’t buy me a thing,” he said. “You get nowhere.” At first, Badham couldn’t find work in the industry and would spend the next four or...
Badham’s breakthrough came after a director and producer had a disagreement over what would become “Saturday Night Fever.” John G. Avildsen, who had directed “Rocky” the year before, was originally signed on to direct the movie, but was replaced one month before filming was to begin. “He didn’t like that first script and his producer, Robert Stigwo...
To Badham, directing is about telling a story in the most exciting and interesting way you can think of, as well as collaborating with your crew as creative partners. “The actors become your creative partner, the DP (director of photography), even the sound mixer, you know, you’re constantly conferring with all of these people,” he said. “You know,...
Badham still comes back to Birmingham, where he has family. He also still has ties to Indian Springs School. From 1982 to 2003, Badham served on the school’s Board of Governors. In 1999, the school’s theater was named in his honor. “I was very honored to have them do that,” he said. “I had worked with the architect on the design of the theater, wit...
John MacDonald Badham (born August 25, 1939) is an American film and television director. He is best known for directing the films Saturday Night Fever (1977), Dracula (1979), Blue Thunder (1983), WarGames (1983), Short Circuit (1986), Stakeout (1987), Bird on a Wire (1990), The Hard Way (1991) and Point of No Return (1993).
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- Film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor
- American
- 1969–present
John Badham. Director: WarGames. English-born "Army brat" John Badham is the son of English actress Mary Hewitt and the stepson of an American Army general. Raised in Alabama and schooled at Yale, he cut his teeth producing and directing for TV before making his feature debut with The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976).
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Sep 14, 2020 · Whether it’s WWE news or something from across the sea, let’s talk shop. ... John Badham On Directing started because we realised in the first book that a lot of actors don’t trust directors ...
May 5, 2012 · John Badham's involvement with a cross-section of entertainment and the American military didn't start with WarGames. His father was a U.S. Army General and John was actually born in London, where ...
