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 _The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings .
Attended Indian Springs School.
Brother of Mary Badham.
Producer Michael Douglas considered him as director of Starman but the job went to John Carpenter.
Has a daughter named Kelly MacDonald Badham.
Lives in Beverly Hills, California.
Directed one Oscar nominated performance: John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever .
(April 2005) Teaches film at Chapman University in Orange, California.
Frequently hires composer Arthur B. Rubinstein to score his films. They have done 9 films together from Whos Life Is it Anyway? made in 1981 to The Last Debate, a TV movie made in 2000.
