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) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Badham has received more than 787,124 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John Badham is the 479th most popular film director (up from 510th in 2019), the 1,792nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,927th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Badham ranks 479 out of 2,041. Before him are Robert Rossen, Richard Lester, Moshé Mizrahi, Larisa Shepitko, Derek Jarman, and André Hunebelle. After him are Edward Zwick, George P. Cosmatos, Juraj Jakubisko, Fernando Meirelles, Elio Petri, and Renny Harlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, John Badham ranks 170. Before him are Glauber Rocha, Alberto Festa, Wendy Carlos, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Yoshinobu Ishii, and Susan Flannery. After him are Jalaluddin Haqqani, Alfredo Palacio, Russell Means, Judy Chicago, Boris Kolker, and Telesphore Toppo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Badham ranks 1,792 out of 8,785. Before him are Shakin' Stevens (1948), Clarke Abel (1780), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Robert Palmer (1949), and Asma al-Assad (1975). After him are John Fastolf (1380), Tim Rice (1944), Robert Hichens (1882), Sarah Miles (1941), Cynegils (575), and Dorothy L. Sayers (1893).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, John Badham ranks 31. Before him are Sam Mendes (1965), John Guillermin (1925), Michael Anderson (1920), David Yates (1963), Ken Russell (1927), and Derek Jarman (1942). After him are Michael Apted (1941), Mike Leigh (1943), Peter Yates (1929), Ken Annakin (1914), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), and Hugh Hudson (1936).

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