John Badham - Biography

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 Bingo (1976). Badham's breakthrough credit was the box office smash La fièvre du samedi soir (1977), made the following year; other hits on his resume include Tonnerre de feu (1983), WarGames (1983), and Short Circuit (1986).