Russell Mulcahy

Russell Mulcahy is an Australian director, writer and producer, born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 23 June 1953. 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, and his subsequent work includes Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), the superhero film The Shadow (1994) and the action-horror film Resident Evil: Extinction (2007).