FILM DIRECTOR

Russell Mulcahy

1953 - Today

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Russell Mulcahy has received more than 733,453 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Russell Mulcahy is the 805th most popular film director (up from 816th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 131st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Australian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 730k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Russell Mulcahy ranks 805 out of 2,041. Before him are Atom Egoyan, Karen Shakhnazarov, Eldar Shengelaia, Marlen Khutsiev, Pierre Schoendoerffer, and Luis Trenker. After him are Alain Cavalier, Edgar G. Ulmer, Claude Miller, Edmund Goulding, Ulu Grosbard, and Vladimir Gardin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Russell Mulcahy ranks 221. Before him are Boris Grebenshchikov, Graeme Souness, Eric Bogosian, Wim Eijk, James Russo, and Hwang Woo-suk. After him are Taryn Power, Robert Picardo, Dževad Karahasan, Stanley Williams, Aleksandr Abdulov, and Oliver Ivanović.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Russell Mulcahy ranks 133 out of 1,143. Before him are Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), John Williams (1941), Raewyn Connell (1944), Yagan (1800), Albert Namatjira (1902), and William Jones (null). After him are Camila (null), James Wolfensohn (1933), Bill Hayden (1933), Joan Lindsay (1896), Peter Scully (1963), and Radha Mitchell (1973).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Australia

Among film directors born in Australia, Russell Mulcahy ranks 9. Before him are Roger Donaldson (1945), Christopher Doyle (1952), John Pilger (1939), Baz Luhrmann (1962), Bruce Beresford (1940), and John Farrow (1904). After him are Phillip Noyce (1950), John Seale (1942), Fred Schepisi (1939), Leigh Whannell (1977), Gillian Armstrong (1950), and James McTeigue (1967).

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