Russell Mulcahy is an Australian film director. Mulcahy's work is recognizable by the use of fast cuts, tracking shots and use of glowing lights as well as being one of the most prominent music video directors of the 1980s. He has also worked in television since the early 19...
Film director, Television Director, Television producer, Actor
Nationality
Australia
Nicknames
Russ Mulcahy
Awards
MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Movies
Highlander, Resident Evil: Extinction, Highlander II: The Quickening, Tale of the Mummy, The Shadow, Razorback, The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior, Prayers for Bobby, The Real McCoy, Swimming Upstream, Give 'Em Hell, Malone, Silent Trigger, The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, Mysterious Island, The Lo...
Star Sign
Cancer
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Trademark
1
Fast cutting
2
Frequently incorporates water as a design element in production
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Fact
1
The only gay director to direct a live action Resident Evil movie.
2
Was in talks to direct Total Recall (1990) after Highlander (1986), before Sylvester Stallone called him up for Rambo III (1988).
3
Original director of Rambo III (1988). Was replaced by Peter MacDonald due to "creative differences".
20th Century Masters: The Best of Alternative '80s - The DVD Collection
2004
Video short video "Video Killed the Radio Star"
Skin
2003-2004
TV Series 6 episodes
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
2003
Video documentary videos "A Kind of Magic", "Princes of the Universe"
The Human League: The Very Best of
2003
Video videos "Circus of Death", "Empire State Human"
Swimming Upstream
2003
1st to Die
2003
TV Movie
Young Lions
2002
TV Series 2 episodes
Pure 80's: The DVD
2002
Video video "Video Killed the Radio Star"
Jeremiah
2002
TV Series 1 episode
The Lost Battalion
2001
TV Movie
Billy Joel: The Essential Video Collection
2001
Video videos "Pressure", "Allentown", "She's Right on Time", "A Matter of Trust"
Queer as Folk
2000-2001
TV Series 5 episodes
On the Beach
2000
TV Movie
The Hunger
1997-2000
TV Series 6 episodes
Queen's Greatest Flix III
1999
Video video "Princes of the Universe"
Duran Duran: Greatest - The Videos
1999
Video documentary videos "Planet Earth", "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Save a Prayer", "Rio", "Is There Something I Should Know?", "The Reflex", "The Wild Boys"
Resurrection
1999
Tale of the Mummy
1998
Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Volume III
1997
Video documentary video "A Matter Of Trust"
Perversions of Science
1997
TV Series 2 episodes
Silent Trigger
1996
Tales from the Crypt
1991-1996
TV Series 4 episodes
The Shadow
1994
New Wave Hits of the 80's: Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 2
1994
Video short music video "Spandau Ballet - True"
The Real McCoy
1993
Blue Ice
1992
Queen: Greatest Flix II
1991
Video video "A Kind of Magic"
Ricochet
1991
Duran Duran: Decade
1991
Video music videos
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
Highlander
1986
Now That's What I Call Music 7
1986
Video video "A Kind Of Magic"
Arena
1985
Video
Red Hot Rock
1984
Video segments "Sports Fans", "Mondo Bondage"
Razorback
1984
Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart
1983
Video short
Duran Duran: Hungry Like the Wolf
1982
Video short
Duran Duran: Rio
1982
Video short
The Tubes: Tubes Video
1982
Video
Derek and Clive Get the Horn
1979
The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star
1979
Video short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Billy Joel: We Didn't Start the Fire
1989
Video short producer
The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star
1979
Video short producer
Teen Wolf
TV Series co-executive producer - 16 episodes, 2011 - 2012 executive producer - 1 episode, 2013
Bait
2012/III
executive producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bait
2012/III
written by
Billy Joel: The Essential Video Collection
2001
Video treatment - segment "Allentown"
Tale of the Mummy
1998
screenplay / story
Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart
1983
Video short
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
Shield Control technician (uncredited)
Nuts, Bolts and Bedroom Springs
1975
as Russ Mulcahy
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star
1979
Video short
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
1989
thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Movies and Stuff
2016
TV Series
Himself
Looking Back at 'The Shadow'
2014
Video short
Himself
Video Killed the Radio Star
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Prayers for Bobby: Behind the Scenes
2009
Video short
Himself
The Making of 'The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior'
2008
Video documentary short
Himself
The Visual Effects of 'The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior'
2008
Video documentary short
Himself
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
$8 Million
