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Russell Mulcahy

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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... See full bio »

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2011-2013 Teen Wolf (TV series)
– Tattoo (2013)
– Master Plan (2012)
– Raving (2012)
– Restraint (2012)
– Frenemy (2012)
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2009 Give 'em Hell Malone
 
2009 Prayers for Bobby (TV movie)
 
2008 The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior (video)
 
2008 Crash and Burn (TV movie)
 
2007 Resident Evil: Extinction
 
2007 While the Children Sleep (TV movie)
 
2006 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (TV movie)
 
2005 Mysterious Island (TV movie)
 
2005 Culture Club: Greatest Hits (video documentary) (video "The War Song")
 
2005 AC/DC: Family Jewels (video) (segment "Baby Please Don't Go")
 
2004 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (TV movie)
 
2004 20th Century Masters: The Best of Alternative '80s - The DVD Collection (video short) (video "Video Killed the Radio Star")
 
2003-2004 Skin (TV series)
– True Lies (2004)
– Endorsement (2003)
– Secrets & Lies (2003)
– Pilot (2003)
– Amber Synn (2003)
See all 6 episodes »
 
2003 Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 (video documentary) (videos "A Kind of Magic" and "Princes of the Universe")
 
2003 The Human League: The Very Best of (video) (videos "Circus of Death" and "Empire State Human")
 
2003 Swimming Upstream
 
2003 1st to Die (TV movie)
 
2002 Young Lions (TV series)
– The Navy: Part 1 (2002)
– The Navy: Part 2 (2002)
 
2002 Pure 80's: The DVD (video) (video "Video Killed the Radio Star")
 
2002 Jeremiah (TV series)
– The Long Road: Part 1 (2002)
 
2001 The Lost Battalion (TV movie)
 
2001 Billy Joel: The Essential Video Collection (video) (videos "Pressure", "Allentown", "She's Right on Time", "A Matter of Trust")
 
2000-2001 Queer as Folk (TV series)
– Episode #1.19 (2001)
– Episode #1.17 (2001)
– Episode #1.2 (2000)
– Premiere (2000)
 
2000 On the Beach (TV movie)
 
1997-2000 The Hunger (TV series)
– Wrath of God (2000)
– The Sacred Fire (2000)
– Nunc Dimittis (1999)
– I'm Dangerous Tonight (1997)
– The Secret Shih Tan (1997)
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1999 Resurrection
 
1999 Duran Duran: Greatest - The Videos (video documentary) (videos "Planet Earth", "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Save a Prayer", "Rio", "Is There Something I Should Know?", "The Reflex", "The Wild Boys")
 
1999 Queen's Greatest Flix III (video) (video "Princes of the Universe")
 
1998 Tale of the Mummy
 
1997 Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Volume III (video documentary) (video "A Matter Of Trust")
 
1997 Perversions of Science (TV series)
– People's Choice (1997)
– Planely Possible (1997)
 
1996 Silent Trigger
 
1991-1996 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
– Horror in the Night (1996)
– Let the Punishment Fit the Crime (1994)
– People Who Live in Brass Hearses (1993)
– Split Second (1991)
 
1994 The Shadow
 
1994 New Wave Hits of the 80's: Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 2 (video short) (music video "Spandau Ballet - True")
 
1993 The Real McCoy
 
1992 Blue Ice
 
1991 Queen: Greatest Flix II (video documentary) (video "A Kind of Magic")
 
1991 Ricochet
 
1991 Duran Duran: Decade (video) (music videos)
 
1991 Highlander II: The Quickening
 
1986 Now That's What I Call Music 7 (video) (video "A Kind Of Magic")
 
1986 Highlander
 
1985 Arena (video)
 
1984 Razorback
 
1984 Red Hot Rock (video) (segments "Sports Fans", "Mondo Bondage")
 
1982 The Tubes: Tubes Video (video)
 
1979 Derek and Clive Get the Horn
 
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2012/III Bait (executive producer)
 
2011-2012 Teen Wolf (TV series) (co-executive producer - 16 episodes)
– Abomination (2012) (co-executive producer)
– Ice Pick (2012) (co-executive producer)
– Shape Shifted (2012) (co-executive producer)
– Omega (2012) (co-executive producer)
– Code Breaker (2011) (co-executive producer)
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2001 Billy Joel: The Essential Video Collection (video) (treatment / segment "Allentown")
 
1998 Tale of the Mummy (screenplay / story)
 
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1991 Highlander II: The Quickening
Shield Control technician (uncredited)
 
1975 Nuts, Bolts and Bedroom Springs (as Russ Mulcahy)
 
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2010 Video Killed the Radio Star (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Directors View: Russell Mulcahy (2010) … Himself
 
2008 The Visual Effects of 'The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 The Making of 'The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Players: The Cast of 'Extinction' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Beyond Raccoon City: Unearthing 'Resident Evil: Extinction' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Shooting 'Egypt' in India (video short)
Himself
 
2005 Jaws on Trotters: The Making of 'Razorback' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Swimming Upstream: The Making of a Champion (video short)
Himself
 
2004 'Highlander 2': Seduced by Argentina (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Duran Duran (1999) … Himself
 
1997 Highlander 2: To Be or Not to Be a Sequel (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1987 Queen: Magic Years, Volume One - A Visual Anthology (documentary)
Himself
 
1985 MTV Video Music Awards 1985 (TV special)
Himself
 

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(1983) Music video: Directed Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" (shot in Monte Carlo) See more »

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