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

Producer
2009
Director
2009
Screenplay
2009
(TV Show)
2009-2009
Executive Producer
2009
Executive Producer
2009
Executive Producer
2009
Executive Producer
2009
Executive Producer
2009
Executive Producer
2009
Executive Producer
2009
Executive Producer
2009
+(3 More)
(TV Show)
2008-2008
Executive Producer
2008
Executive Producer
2008
Executive Producer
2008
Executive Producer
2008
Producer
2007
Story By
2007
Director
2007
Screenplay
2007
Producer
2007
Producer
2006
Producer
2005
Producer
2004
Director
2004
Director
2002
Director
2000
Director
1999
Director
1998
2nd unit director
1994
screenplay
1994
Director
1993
screenplay
1993
Executive Producer
1993
Director
1990
screenplay
1990
Story By
1990
screenplay
1987
Executive Producer
1981
Director
1981
screenplay
1981
Executive Producer
Stick Coder
Randy
Producer
screenplay
Characters as Source Material
screenplay
Producer
Director
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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