Sam Raimi

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Details

AKA: Samuel Marshall Raimi
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 10/23/1959
Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

biography

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 Continued

Credits

Armored
Producer
2009
Drag Me to Hell
Director
2009
Drag Me to Hell
Screenplay
2009
13: Fear is Real
(TV Show)
2009-2009
Boom
Executive Producer
2009
Alone
Executive Producer
2009
A Deal with the Devil
Executive Producer
2009
A Lesson in Terror
Executive Producer
2009
Fort Fear
Executive Producer
2009
A Killer Amongst Us
Executive Producer
2009
The Accused
Executive Producer
2009
Meet the Mastermind
Executive Producer
2009
+(3 More)
Legend of the Seeker
(TV Show)
2008-2008
Listener
Executive Producer
2008
Brennidon
Executive Producer
2008
Bounty
Executive Producer
2008
Prophecy
Executive Producer
2008
30 Days of Night
Producer
2007
Spider-Man 3
Story By
2007
Spider-Man 3
Director
2007
Spider-Man 3
Screenplay
2007
The Messengers
Producer
2007
The Grudge 2
Producer
2006
The Boogeyman
Producer
2005
The Grudge
Producer
2004
Spider-Man 2
Director
2004
Spider-Man
Director
2002
The Gift
Director
2000
For Love of the Game
Director
1999
A Simple Plan
Director
1998
The Hudsucker Proxy
2nd unit director
1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
screenplay
1994
Army of Darkness
Director
1993
Army of Darkness
screenplay
1993
Hard Target
Executive Producer
1993
Darkman
Director
1990
Darkman
screenplay
1990
Darkman
Story By
1990
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
Director
1987
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
screenplay
1987
The Evil Dead
Executive Producer
1981
The Evil Dead
Director
1981
The Evil Dead
screenplay
1981
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow
Executive Producer
Indian Summer
Stick Coder
Intruder
Randy
Thou Shall Not Kill... Except
Cult Leader
Rise: Blood Hunter
Producer
Timecop
Producer
Crimewave
screenplay
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
Characters as Source Material
Hercules and Xena: The Animated Movie - The Battle for Mount Olympus
Executive Producer
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
Executive Producer
The Nutty Nut
screenplay
The Grudge 3
Producer
The Quick and the Dead
Director
Crimewave
Director
Easy Wheels
Executive Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
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 the Michigan State University Society for Creative Filmmaking
1979 
Co-founded Renaissance Motion Pictures with Robert Tapert and Bruce Campbell
 
Co-wrote and directed the short film, "Within the Woods" with Tapert and Campbell
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