John Badham

directing WarGames and Short Circuit

• directed Saturday Night Fever (1977)
• directed Dracula (1979)
• directed Blue Thunder (1983)

John MacDonald Badham, born August 25, 1939, is an American film and television director with a significant impact on the portrayal of technology in film, notably through WarGames (1983) and Short Circuit (1986).

Milestones

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  Expert Systems and the Knowledge Boom Film & Fiction

  The Movie That Changed National Security Policy

  A Hollywood thriller about a teenage hacker and a war-playing AI so alarmed President Reagan that it sparked America's first cybersecurity directive.

  1983

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