John Badham

John MacDonald Badham 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). 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. ^{John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer}

25 August 1939

Born on the same birth day (25 August): Albert Belle • Ally Walker • China Anne McClain • Conrad Black • Damon Jones • György Enyedi (geographer) • Henri Toivonen • Ian Falconer • John Savage (actor) • Keith Tippett • Kurban Berdyev • Lane Smith (illustrator) • Mario Corso • Mel Ferrer • Tim Cain • Yuri Mitsui

Born in the same month (August 1939): Apoorva Sengupta • Bill White (ice hockey) • Ginger Baker • John Peel • Pinchas Goldstein • Sushil Koirala • William Least Heat-Moon