Paul Thomas Anderson directed Saturday Night Fever.
Paul Thomas Anderson ( born June 26 , 1970 ) also known as P.T. Anderson , is an American filmmaker . Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American musical-drama film directed by John Badham and starring John Travolta as Tony Manero , a working-class young man who spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local Brooklyn discothèque ; Karen Lynn Gorney as Stephanie Mangano , his dance partner and eventual confidante ; and Donna Pescow as Annette , Tony 's former dance partner and would-be girlfriend .