About
| Birth Notes: | 23 June 1953, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Biography: | Dynamic film director born June 23rd 1953 in Melbourne, Australia who first gained fame directing visually striking video clips for bands including Elton John, Duran Duran, "The Buggles" and "Bonnie Tyler". Mulcahy is also well known for feature films, starting off with the comedy Derek and Clive Get the Horn (1979), the Aussie 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), directed the film adaptation of The Shadow (1994) with Alec Baldwin and took the helm for Tale of the Mummy (1998). 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 _Curse of King Tut's Tomb, The (2006)_ starring Casper Van Dien. |
Filmography
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) as Himself |
| Give 'em Hell, Malone (2009) |
| Highlander (1986) |
| Silent Trigger (1996) |
| Tale of the Mummy (1998) |
| The Shadow (1994) |
| Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) as Shield Control technician |
| Nuts, Bolts and Bedroom Springs (1975) |
| Bait (2010) |
| Blue Ice (1992) |
| Derek and Clive Get the Horn (1979) |
| Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) |
| Razorback (1984) |
| Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) |
| Resurrection (1999) |
| Ricochet (1991) |
| Swimming Upstream (2003) |
| The Real McCoy (1993) |
| Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires (2009) |
Trivia
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* Directed video for Elton John's "I'm Still Standing". * Directed (among other things) Duran Duran's Save A Prayer, Rio, and Hungry Like The Wolf, MTV videos, won Video Award from MTV before it started going to the artists (the year after, Madonna got it instead of her directors). * Often casts Christopher Lambert . * Directed two videoclips from the legendary rockband Queen in 1986: "A Kind Of Magic" and "Princes Of The Universe" (featuring Christopher Lambert ). * His first music video (The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star") was also the first music video ever played on MTV. * Original director of "Rambo III" (1988). Was replaced by Peter MacDonald due to creative differences. |
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