Russell Mulcahy

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Russell Mulcahy (born June 23, 1953) is a film director who was born in Melbourne, Australia.

Contents 1 Music videos 2 Filmography as director 3 Highlander series 4 External links

[edit] Music videos

Russell Mulcahy's career began with making music videos. The videos he directed include:

• "Video Killed the Radio Star" for The Buggles, which was the first music video MTV ever aired
• Several videos for songs from Duran Duran's first four albums:
  • "Planet Earth"
  • "My Own Way"
  • "Lonely In Your Nightmare"
  • "Hungry Like the Wolf"
  • "Save A Prayer"
  • "Rio"
  • "(Waiting for the) Nightboat"
  • "Is There Something I Should Know?"
  • "The Reflex
  • "The Wild Boys"
• Several videos for Elton John:
  • "Breaking Down Barriers"
  • "Carla/Etude/Fanfare"
  • "Elton's Song"
  • "Fascist Faces"
  • "The Fox"
  • "Heart in the Right Place"
  • "Heels of the Wind"
  • "Just Like Belgium"
  • "Nobody Wins"
  • "Chloe"
  • "I'm Still Standing" (two versions)
  • "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues"
  • "Sad Songs (Say So Much)"
  • "Act of War" (with Millie Jackson)
  • "Wrap Her Up"
  • "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That"
  • "Town of Plenty"
  • "A Word in Spanish"
  • "The One"
  • "Simple Life"
• "Bette Davis Eyes", "Draw of the Cards", "Say you don't know me" and "Voyeur" for Kim Carnes
• "The Tubes Video" nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
• "True" for Spandau Ballet
• "Total Eclipse of the Heart" for Bonnie Tyler
• "Vienna", "The Thin Wall" and "The Voice" for Ultravox
• "Allentown", "She's Right On Time", "Pressure" and "A Matter of Trust" for Billy Joel
• "A Kind Of Magic" and "Princes of the Universe" for Queen
• "One Hit (to the Body)" and "Going To A Go-Go" for The Rolling Stones
• "Gypsy" and "Oh Diane" for Fleetwood Mac
• "The War Song" for Culture Club
• "Sex (I'm A...)" by Berlin
• "Street Cafe" and "Hey, Little Girl" for Icehouse
• "Turning Japanese" for The Vapors

He has also directed videos for Taylor Dayne, Rod Stewart, Def Leppard, Boy George, Kenny Loggins, Arcadia, Falco, Go West, Cliff Richard, Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp, The Motels, Talk Talk, The Stranglers, 10cc, The Human League, XTC, and AC/DC.

[edit] Filmography as director

• Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
• The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006)
• Swimming Upstream (2003)
• The Lost Battalion (2001) (television movie)
• Queer as Folk (US) (2000) (television series} (pilot episodes and few others in season 1)
• On the Beach (2000) (television movie)
• Resurrection (1999)
• Tale of the Mummy (1998)
• Silent Trigger (1996)
• The Shadow (1994)
• The Real McCoy (1993)
• Blue Ice (1992)
• Ricochet (1991)
• Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
• Highlander (1986)
• Arena (1985)
• Razorback (1984)
• Derek and Clive Get the Horn (1979)

[edit] Highlander series

In 1986, Mulcahy directed the cult classic film Highlander, starring Christopher Lambert and featuring music from Queen. He later directed the sequel, Highlander II: The Quickening, but disowned it after the producers interfered with production. Reportedly he wanted to have his credit changed to Alan Smithee, but as he wasn't a member of the Directors Guild of America, he had no way of forcing the producers to change the credit. He eventually took the opportunity to restore his vision for the film - to some extent - with the DVD release of Highlander 2: The Renegade Version.

[edit] External links

• Russell Mulcahy at the Internet Movie Database
• Music videos directed by Mulcahy