John Badham
Director
English director of the popular 1970s and 1980s films Saturday Night Fever, WarGames, and Short Circuit.
He was born in England but was raised in Birmingham, Alabama, becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1970.
His cult classic 1983 film WarGames played on the general public's paranoia surrounding the Cold War and the threat of a nuclear attack.
His father Henry was a U.S. Army General.
His major breakthrough came in 1977 with Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta in a star-making role.