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Russell Mulcahy - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Russell Mulcay - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, music videos.
Australian director. Born June 23, 1953 in Melbourne, Australia.
He began his directing career as a director of music videos. He has worked with such artists as Elton John, Duran Duran, Bonnie Tyler and others, and also directed the first video shown on MTV - Video Killed the Radio Star.
He made his film debut in 1979 with Derek and Clive Got a Trumpet. In 1984 he filmed Peter Brennan's novel "The Cleaver Boar". In 1986 he directed the cult science fiction film Highlander with Christopher Lambert in the title role. In the early nineties, he also shot the second part of a series of films about the immortals of the fictional universe - "Highlander 2: Revitalization".
Also in the nineties he removes the crime thrillers Ricochet with Denzel Washington, The Real McCoy with Kim Basinger, Resurrection with Christopher Lambert, the action movie Under the Gun with Dolph Lundgren, science fiction films - Shadow with Alec Baldwin and The Mummy: Prince of Egypt. "
In 2003, the biographical drama Against the Current was released about the Australian swimmer Tony Fingelton, played by Jesse Spencer. In 2007, he removes the third part of the series of films "Resident Evil" - "Resident Evil 3: Extinction", after the candidacy of Paul Anderson as the director of the third part was rejected by the producers. In 2009, he worked on the crime thriller Send Them to Hell, Malone! starring Thomas Jane.
In addition to his film work, Russell Mulcay makes a lot of films for television. His television films are often nominated for various awards. So the sci-fi drama On the Last Shore was nominated for Golden Globes and other awards; reality-based war drama Forgotten Company nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award; biographical drama about famous NASCAR racer "The Dale Earnhardt Story" was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards and Daytime Emmy Awards; the science fiction film Mysterious Island was nominated for a Saturn Award. As well as the biographical drama Prayers for Bobby, which was nominated for a Daytime Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and the GLAAD Media Awards.
He also works on various television series, including such as Tales from the Crypt, Hunger, Close Friends, and Little Wolf.
