FILM DIRECTOR

John Badham

1939 - Today

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John MacDonald Badham (born August 25, 1939) is an American film and television director, 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), Point of No Return (1993), and Drop Zone (1994). He is a two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, a two-time Hugo Award nominee, and a Saturn Award winner. He is also a Professor at Chapman University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Badham is the 606th most popular film director (down from 479th in 2019), the 2,535th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,792nd in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Badham ranks 606 out of 2,041. Before him are Kaneto Shindo, Burt Kennedy, Robert Surtees, Les Kurbas, Yuri Norstein, and Genndy Tartakovsky. After him are Charles Vidor, Jörn Donner, Abel Ferrara, Stan Winston, Gore Verbinski, and Arnold Fanck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, John Badham ranks 232. Before him are Miroslav Cerar, Viktor Sadovnichiy, John Sculley, Viorica Viscopoleanu, Breyten Breytenbach, and Branko Kostić. After him are Judy Collins, Susannah York, Concha Velasco, John Neumeier, Romualdo Arppi Filho, and Fred Willard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Badham ranks 2,536 out of 8,785. Before him are David Mumford (1937), Brian Naylor (1923), John William Draper (1811), Joseph Lancaster (1778), Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (1968), and Henry Maudslay (1771). After him are Bernard Fox (1927), Jimmy Mullen (1923), David Richards (1952), Jack Higgins (1929), Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888), and William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, John Badham ranks 47. Before him are Nicolas Roeg (1928), Peter Yates (1929), Derek Jarman (1942), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Hugh Hudson (1936), and Ken Annakin (1914). After him are Lewis Gilbert (1920), Anthony Asquith (1902), John Madden (1949), Sally Potter (1949), James Whale (1889), and Andrew Birkin (1945).

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