John Badham
- Director
- Producer
- Actor
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).
Badham's breakthrough credit was the box office smash
Saturday Night Fever - lauantai-illan huumaa (1977),
made the following year; other hits on his resume include
Sininen salama (1983),
Sotaleikit (1983), and
Robotti rakastuu (1986).
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