FILM DIRECTOR

John Badham

1939 - Today

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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). 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 740,499 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 1,791st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,927th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Film Director.

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  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.79

    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 1,791 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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Filmography

Supernatural
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When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
8.3 / 10
Arrow
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Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
6.8 / 10
Criminal Minds
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An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
8.312 / 10