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Russell Mulcahy

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Russell Mulcahy ( mul-KA-hee; born 23 June 1953) is an Australian director of film, television, and music videos. He began his career directing music videos for artists like Elton John and Duran Duran, before making his feature directorial debut with the horror film Razorback (1984). He achieved international prominence by directing the fantasy action film Highlander (1986), which spawned a multimedia franchise. Mulcahy's subsequent work includes Highlander's first sequel Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), the superhero film The Shadow (1994), the action-horror film Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), and the Errol Flynn biopic In Like Flynn (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Russell Mulcahy is the 720th most popular film director (up from 805th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Australia (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Australian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Russell Mulcahy ranks 720 out of 2,041. Before him are Terence Fisher, Barry Sonnenfeld, David O. Russell, Rajko Grlić, Ivan Pyryev, and Pasquale Festa Campanile. After him are Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Alexander Payne, Franco Rossi, Mike Flanagan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, and Olle Hellbom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Russell Mulcahy ranks 227. Before him are Johnny Clegg, Sergey Mironov, Vincent Curatola, Anna Thomson, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Adel Safar. After him are Georgina Rizk, Michael Curry, Dominique Perrault, Robert Parish, Karen Bass, and Gideon Levy.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Russell Mulcahy ranks 139 out of 1,143. Before him are Chris O'Neil (1956), John Flanagan (1944), Daevid Allen (1938), Lew Hoad (1934), Betty Cuthbert (1938), and John Curtin (1885). After him are Graham Arnold (1963), Peter Norman (1942), Lionel Cox (1930), Colin Burgess (1946), Bruce Beresford (1940), and Raewyn Connell (1944).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Australia

Among film directors born in Australia, Russell Mulcahy ranks 7. Before him are George Miller (1945), Peter Weir (1944), Roger Donaldson (1945), Baz Luhrmann (1962), John Farrow (1904), and Christopher Doyle (1952). After him are Bruce Beresford (1940), Phillip Noyce (1950), John Seale (1942), Fred Schepisi (1939), John Pilger (1939), and Gillian Armstrong (1950).

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