Film director Russell Mulcahy was born in Melbourne, Australia. His career began with making music videos.
The videos he directed include:
- "Video Killed the Radio Star" for The Buggles, which was the first music video MTV ever aired
- "Hungry Like The Wolf", "Rio", "Save A Prayer", and at least half a dozen other videos from Duran Duran's first two albums
- "I'm Still Standing" and a dozen more for Elton John
- "Total Eclipse of the Heart" for Bonnie Tyler.