John Badham On Directing - 2nd edition. John Badham

      Contributors

      Allan Arkush is an Emmy-winning TV director and executive producer of the hit series Heroes, Crossing Jordan, and Hellcats. He has recently directed episodes of Nashville, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Another Life. His Ramones’ cult classic Rock ‘n’ Roll High School is one of the top-ten rock ‘n’ roll DVDs ever.

      Paris Barclay, current president of the Directors Guild of America, is a two-time Emmy Award winner and the busiest director of single camera episodes in the DGA. He is an executive producer/director on FX’s hit Sons of Anarchy. He is currently preparing a biopic of Barbara Jordan with Viola Davis in the lead role.

      Gary Busey was nominated for an Oscar for his star-making performance in the lead role of The Buddy Holly Story. He has been acting in film and TV for over forty years, including in two films with Badham, The Law and Drop Zone.

      Trey Callaway is a producer and writer known for CSI: NY, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and Rush Hour. As an executive producer, he has numerous TV series in development and recently produced Station 19 and APB.

      D.J. Caruso began his career working with Badham on several films as second unit director and producer before beginning his own feature career with The Salton Sea. He’s gone on to direct Disturbia and Eagle Eye starring Shia LaBeouf, Standing Up, and xXx: Return of Xander Cage. He’s currently preparing the film Invertigo.

      Gilbert Cates was the director of the Oscar-nominated films I Never Sang for My Father and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams. He produced the telecast of the Oscars a record fourteen times and served as vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as president of the Directors Guild of America.

      Stephen Collins has appeared in numerous films and television series in his nearly forty-year acting career. He is best known for his role as Reverend Eric Camden on the series 7th Heaven and his appearance as Decker in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

      Nick Copus, born in Hendon, London, England, is a director and executive producer known for Alphas, The Summit, and Salem. He has directed episodes of Siren, Animal Kingdom, Lethal Weapon, Queen of the South, and Gotham.

      Martha Coolidge is a president emeritus of the Directors Guild of America and winner of a DGA Award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. Her works include Rambling Rose with Laura Dern, Lost in Yonkers with Richard Dreyfuss, Out to Sea with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, and most recently I’ll Find You. She is a professor at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Chapman University in Orange, California.

      Richard Donner has directed the global hits Superman, Lethal Weapon and its three sequels, The Goonies, and The Omen. He is also a prolific producer alongside his wife, Lauren Shuler Donner. His biography, You’re the Director… You Figure It Out by James Christie, is available on Amazon and in bookstores.

      Richard Dreyfuss won an Oscar for Best Actor in 1978 for his performance in The Goodbye Girl. His acclaimed career has taken him from Jaws to Mr. Holland’s Opus and dozens of films in between. Dreyfuss worked with Badham on Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Stakeout, and Another Stakeout.

      Jodie Foster has won two Best Actress Academy Awards for The Silence of the Lambs and The Accused, in addition to forty-five other major acting awards. She is the director of Little Man Tate, Home for the Holidays, The Beaver (starring herself and Mel Gibson), Money Monster, and an episode of the Netflix series Black Mirror. She worked with Badham at age eleven on an episode of the series Kung Fu.

      John Frankenheimer cut his teeth in the heady days of live TV dramas. His acclaim in that medium led him to Hollywood, where he continued this success with Birdman of Alcatraz, The Manchurian Candidate, French Connection II, Black Sunday, and Ronin.

      Mick Garris, winner of Lifetime Achievement awards from both the New York and Portland Horror Film Festivals, began his directing career on Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi anthology series Amazing Stories and Tales From the Crypt. After writing The Fly II and The Mummy, Garris wrote and directed Psycho IV: The Beginning. He has teamed with Stephen King on Sleepwalkers, The Stand, The Shining (TV), and Riding the Bullet. He created and directed many episodes of Masters Of Horror. His popular podcast Post Mortem, which hosts filmmakers of all stripes and callings, will soon stream it’s 100th episode.

      Rachel Goldberg is an award-winning filmmaker with close to thirty productions for stage and screen. She has won over twenty awards for her work in film and theater. She has directed episodes of Mayans M.C., Veronica Mars, Cloak & Dagger, American Horror Story, and Raising Dion.

      Taylor Hackford is a former president of the Directors Guild of America and has directed thirteen features, including An Officer and a Gentleman, Against All Odds, Dolores Claiborne, and Ray. He is married to Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren.

      Peter Hyams began telling stories as a journalist before becoming captivated by filmmaking. He is also one of the few directors who photographs almost all of his own films. Some of his more notable works include 2010 (the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey), Timecop, The Presidio, and End of Days.

      Patty Jenkins directed Charlize Theron’s Oscar-winning performance in Monster. She won the DGA Award for her direction of the pilot of the AMC series The Killing. She also directed Gal Gadot in the blockbuster hit Wonder Woman, which made over $800 million at the box office.

      Eriq La Salle is an accomplished actor, director, and novelist. He is best known for his long run on the hit show ER and his appearance in Coming to America. His directorial debut, Rebound, was executive produced by Badham.

      Michelle MacLaren is a producer and director, best known for Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Better Call Saul, and The Deuce.

      Penelope Ann Miller was a Tony Award nominee for Our Town, and she starred in The Freshman with Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick. She also starred in Carlito’s Way with Sean Penn, winning a Golden Globe nomination, as well Awakenings, Chaplin, and Other People’s Money.

      Ryan Murphy is a writer and producer, known for Glee, American Horror Story, Pose, Scream Queens, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and Eat