Sam RaimiAKA:
Samuel Marshall Raimi
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American Birthdate:
10/23/1959 Birthplace:
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Though he got his start making two over-the-top cult horror film favorites—"The Evil Dead" (filmed in 1979, but released in 1983) and "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" (1987)—director Sam Raimi subsequently diversified into TV where he quietly became a major auteur of fantastic entertainment, executive producing the syndicated phenomena "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and "Xena: Warrior Princess" (both debuted in 1995). But it was as the director of three hugely popular and satisfying films starring the famously neurotic comic book superhero "Spider-Man" that Raimi made his biggest mark on
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Raised in Franklin, Michigan
Given 8mm movie camera by father as a child; made numerous amateur short films
Met future collaborators Bruce Campbell, Scott Spiegel and John Cameron in junior high school
1978
Founded and served as president of Michigan State University Society for Creative Filmmaking
1979
With college roommate Robert Tapert and childhood buddy Bruce Campbell co-founded Renaissance Motion Pictures in Ferndale, Michigan; served as vice president
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