Sam Raimi

Biography

Samuel M. Raimi (/ˈreɪmi/ RAY-mee; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the first three films in the Evil Dead franchise (1981–present) and the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed the superhero movie Darkman (1990), the revisionist western The Quick and the Dead (1995), the neo-noir crime thriller A Simple Plan (1998), the supernatural thriller The Gift (2000), the supernatural horror Drag Me to Hell (2009), the Disney fantasy Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and the Marvel Studios film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). His films are known for their highly dynamic visual style, inspired by comic books and slapstick comedy. He founded the production companies Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost House Pictures in 2002. Raimi has also produced several successful television series, including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess, and Ash vs. Evil Dead, which starred long-time friend and collaborator Bruce Campbell reprising his role in the Evil Dead franchise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Raimi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Sam Raimi

Biography

Best known for:

Filmography:

It's Murder! (1977)

Within the Woods (1978)

Acting and Reacting (1978)

Clockwork (1978)

Attack of the Helping Hand! (1979)

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1980)

The Blind Waiter (1980)

The Evil Dead (1981)

Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter (1982)

Blood Simple (1984)

Spies Like Us (1985)

Crimewave (1985)

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)

The Sappy Sap (1985)

Evil Dead II (1987)

Maniac Cop (1988)

The Dead Next Door (1989)

Intruder (1989)

Easy Wheels (1989)

Miller's Crossing (1990)

Darkman (1990)

Army of Darkness (1992)

Innocent Blood (1992)

The Nutt House (1992)

Hard Target (1993)

Freaked (1993)

Body Bags (1993)

Indian Summer (1993)

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993)

The Flintstones (1994)

Timecop (1994)

The Stand (1994)

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994)

Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994)

Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (1994)

Hercules and the Circle of Fire (1994)

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994)

Hercules in the Underworld (1994)

DeGenerazione (1994)

M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994)

American Gothic (1995)

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995)

Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)

The Quick and the Dead (1995)

Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995)

Galaxis (1995)

Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996)

The Shining (1997)

Spy Game (1997)

Plaga zombie (1997)

Young Hercules (1998)

A Simple Plan (1998)

Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (1998)

For Love of the Game (1999)

The Gift (2000)

Jack of All Trades (2000)

Cleopatra 2525 (2000)

Spider-Man (2002)

Hatred Of A Minute (2002)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

The Grudge (2004)

Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)

Boogeyman (2005)

The Grudge 2 (2006)

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

30 Days of Night (2007)

The Messengers (2007)

One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead (2007)

Legend of the Seeker (2008)

Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Zombie Roadkill (2010)

Spartacus (2010)

The Possession (2012)

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)