Russell mulcahy music videos
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Russell Mulcahy (born 23 June 1953) is an Australian film director.[1][2] Mulcahy's work is recognisable by the use of fast cuts, tracking shots and use of glowing lights, neo-noir lighting, windblown drapery, and fans.[citation needed] He was one of the most prominent music video directors of the 1980s and he has also worked in television since the early 1990s.[citation needed]
Early Life and Career[]
Mulcahy was born in Melbourne. When he was 14 he received an 8mm camera and began making short films with his friends. After school he began working as a film editor for Australia's Seven Network. He later said he "used to creep in there at 3am and make my own movies".[3] He also acted on stage and was unsure whether to focus on acting or directing. Two of his films won the City Film Festival Award for Best Independent Short Film and he won Best Short Film at the Sydney Film Festival for "Contrived Mind Flashes".[4]
He was approached by the producer of a Seven pop show and asked to film some original footage and co
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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.
BornJune 23, 1953
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Mulcahy, Russell 1953- (Russ Mulcahy)
PERSONAL
Full name, Russell I. Mulcahy; born June 23, 1953, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Addresses:
Agent—Agency for the Performing Arts, 405 South Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
Career:
Director. Directed several music videos and television commercials. Worked as a director of photography and editor.
Member:
Directors Guild of America.
Awards, Honors:
First prizes in short film section, Sydney Film Festival, 1972, for Contrived Mindflashes, and 1973, for Delicious Dreams to Survive Depression; BRIT Awards, best British video, British Phonographic Industry, 1985, for the Duran Duran music video "The Wild Boys"; MTV Music Video Vanguard Award, 1985; Grand Prize nomination, Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival, 1985, for Razorback; Eastman Kodak Award for Lifetime Achievement, Music Video Production Association, 1998; Christopher Award (with others), 2002, for The Lost Battalion; Film Critics Circle of Australia Award nomination, best director, and IF Award nomination (with others), best feature film, Inside Film m
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