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Russell Mulcahy
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Born
June 23
,
1953
·
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mini Bio
Dynamic film/video director Russell Mulcahy was born June 23, 1953, in Melbourne, Australia. He first gained fame directing visually striking music video clips for such artists as
Elton John
,
Duran Duran
,
The Buggles
and
Bonnie Tyler
. He is also well known for feature films, starting off with the comedy
Derek and Clive Get the Horn (1979)
, the horror film
Razorback (1984)
, the spectacular sword and sorcery of
Highlander (1986)
, followed by the sequel
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
.
He directed
Denzel Washington
and
John Lithgow
in the violent
Ricochet (1991)
, made
The Shadow (1994)
with
Alec Baldwin
(a film version of the comic book) and took the helm for
Swimming Upstream (2003)
.
In recent years Mulcahy has been involved in directing several telemovies and episodes of TV shows, including
Queer as Folk (2000)
,
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)
,
Mysterious Island (2005)
and
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006)
starring
Casper Van Dien
.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: firehouse44@hotmail.com, aaron.devandry@gmail.com
Trademarks
Frequently incorporates water as a design element in production
Fast cutting
Trivia
Often casts
Christopher Lambert
.
Original director of
Rambo III (1988)
. Was replaced by
Peter MacDonald
due to "creative differences".
Was in talks to direct
Total Recall (1990)
after
Highlander (1986)
, before Sylvester Stallone called him up for
Rambo III (1988)
.
Filmmaker of several music videos along the 80s (and later) turned with time in generational icons.
The only gay director to direct a live action Resident Evil movie.
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