Question: Who directed the film that Newton Crosby is a secondary character in?

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Newton Crosby: Newton Crosby is a secondary character in the 1986 science fiction film "Short Circuit", played by Steve Guttenberg.

Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming: Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming is a 2007 American television film produced by Lions Gate Entertainment.  The film premiered on the Sci Fi Channel.  Originally titled "The Dead Speak", it was written and directed by Ernie Barbarash and purports to be a sequel to the 1999 feature film "Stir of Echoes", although its only connection to the previous work is the inclusion of Jake Witzky, who had a key role in the original film but is only a secondary character here.

Roy Cropper: Royston "Roy" Cropper is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by David Neilson.  He was introduced during the episode broadcast on 19 July 1995.  Originally a secondary character, he was given a more prominent role in 1997, by the executive producer of "Coronation Street", Brian Park.  Roy has been featured in numerous high-profile storylines, most notably marrying the first transgender character in a British soap opera, Hayley Patterson (Julie Hesmondhalgh).

Fonzie: Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli (better known as "Fonzie" or "The Fonz") is a fictional character played by Henry Winkler in the American sitcom "Happy Days" (1974–1984).  He was originally a secondary character, but was soon positioned as a lead character when he began surpassing the other characters in popularity.

Le Petit Noël: Noël, or Le Petit Noël, is the main character of an eponymous Belgian comics series, and a secondary character of "Spirou et Fantasio".  His name means "Christmas" in French.  The series "Noël" was created in 1957 by André Franquin and Jidéhem and published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine "Spirou", while Franquin created the following work alone or together with Will.

Racebending: Racebending is a neologism used to describe a process where a character's perceived race or ethnicity is changed in a narrative by an adapter as it is created in a new media form.  The term was coined by one of the founders of the website Racebending.com, which was created to protest the casting of white actors in the 2010 film "The Last Airbender", where the originating TV series "" featured characters of East Asian appearance.  The term "racebending" was derived from "Avatar" characters' ability to manipulate or "bend" the classical elements of water, earth, fire, and air.  Assistant Professor Kristen J. Warner wrote that the term has "many definitions and contexts", such as being the industrial practice of color-blind casting or writing fan fiction, the latter being "when writers change the race and cultural specificity of central characters or pull a secondary character of color from the margins, transforming her into the central protagonist."

Zero (Mega Man): Zero (ゼロ ) is a video game character present throughout Capcom's "Mega Man" franchise.  First developed by Keiji Inafune for the 1993 game "Mega Man X" for the Super NES when he was attempting to create a new design for Mega Man for the "X" series, Zero was instead used as a secondary character.  In the Mega Man X series, Zero is a Maverick Hunter, a mechanical soldier in charge of defeating Mavericks, robots who turned against humanity.  He continues his job as the main character of the "Mega Man Zero" series.  Zero has also played a supporting role in other game series such as the "Mega Man ZX" series and appeared in crossover video games as a guest character.

Malcolm Tucker: Malcolm Tucker is the antihero protagonist of the BBC political satire, "The Thick of It", and is portrayed by Peter Capaldi.  His role is Director of Communications for the Government of the United Kingdom.  Tucker was originally a secondary character, with Chris Langham's Hugh Abbott as the protagonist being watched over by Tucker, but after Langham was fired from the series the show directed more attention towards the character of Tucker and his dealings with the inept Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship (DoSaC), originally the Department of Social Affairs (DSA) in series 1 and 2.  He is one of four characters from the series to appear in the film "In the Loop".

Short Circuit (1986 film): Short Circuit is a 1986 American comic science fiction film directed by John Badham and written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock.  The film's plot centers upon an experimental military robot that is struck by lightning and gains a more humanlike intelligence, with which it embarks to explore its new state.  "Short Circuit" stars Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton and G. W. Bailey, with Tim Blaney as the voice of the robot named "Johnny 5".  A sequel, "Short Circuit 2", was released in 1988.

Lord John Grey (character): Lord John William Grey is a fictional character created by Diana Gabaldon.  He is a recurring secondary character in Gabaldon's "Outlander" series of novels, and the main character of the "Lord John" series of historical mystery novels and novellas.  Secretly homosexual "in a time when that particular predilection could get one hanged", the character has been called "one of the most complex and interesting" of the hundreds of characters in Gabaldon's "Outlander" novels.

Supporting paragraphs: Newton Crosby Short Circuit (1986 film)
Answer: John Badham