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name: "Bill Badalato"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-badalato"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "8 October 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T16:02:34.370009+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bill Badalato

Producer. Born 8 October 1940 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 8 October 1940, USA
- **Active:** 1986–2002
- **Also known as:** Billy Badalato, Bill Badalato Jr., William Badalato
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 71 (1), 1990s 60 (1), 2000s 77 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Drama 2, Comedy 1, Horror 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $625m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25266347, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35510

## Biography

Bill Badalato is a film producer and production manager. He began working in the industry in the early 1970s, with early credits including associate producer on *Bang the Drum Slowly* (1973) and producer on *Let's Scare Jessica to Death* (1971). He has frequently served as unit production manager or production supervisor on feature films.

Badalato's producing credits include *Top Gun* (1986), *Hot Shots!* (1991), *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), *Broken Arrow* (1996), *Alien: Resurrection* (1997), *Men of Honor* (2000), *About Schmidt* (2002) and *Around the World in 80 Days* (2004). He has also worked on *Unstrung Heroes* (1995), *Benny & Joon* (1993) and *The Forbidden Kingdom* (2008).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *About Schmidt* (2002), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md)
- *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Fi1m 60, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md)
- *Top Gun* (1986), Fi1m 71, Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer, Producer's Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mississippi Murder* (2017), Writer
- *The Conspirator* (2011), Unit Production Manager
- *Brothers* (2009), Production Supervisor
- *The Forbidden Kingdom* (2008), Line Producer
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (2004), Producer, Line Producer
- *About Schmidt* (2002), Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/about-schmidt.md)
- *Men of Honor* (2000), Producer
- *Jane Austen's Mafia!* (1998), Producer, Production Supervisor, Unit Production Manager
- *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md)
- *Broken Arrow* (1996), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Unstrung Heroes* (1995), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), Producer
- *Benny & Joon* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Hot Shots!* (1991), Producer
- *Fire Birds* (1990), Producer
- *Bad Influence* (1990), Production Assistant
- *Prancer* (1989), Production Manager
- *Dead Solid Perfect* (1988), Producer
- *1969* (1988), Producer
- *Laguna Heat* (1987), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Weeds* (1987), Unit Production Manager, Producer
- *Top Gun* (1986), Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer, Producer's Assistant — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1983), as Seven of Spades
- *The Man with Two Brains* (1983), Production Manager
- *Cat People* (1982), Unit Production Manager
- *Nighthawks* (1981), Production Manager
- *Bang the Drum Slowly* (1973), Associate Producer
- *Santiago's Ark* (1972), Associate Producer
- *Let's Scare Jessica to Death* (1971), Producer

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