Sam Raimi
Born: 1959-10-23 in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- Send Help ... (Producer)
- Evil Dead Burn ... (Original Film Writer)
2025
- Locked ... (Producer)
- The Making Of A Mockumentary as Himself (archive footage)
2024
- Don't Move ... (Producer)
- Boy Kills World ... (Producer)
- Stop Whining and Start Winning as The Boss
2023
- Evil Dead Rise ... (Characters)
- 65 ... (Producer)
2022
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ... (Director)
- Umma ... (Producer)
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Self - Director
2021
- Don't Breathe 2 ... (Producer)
- Nightbooks ... (Producer)
- The Unholy ... (Producer)
2020
- 50 States of Fright ... (Director)
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as (archive footage)
- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #5: Haunted Lives as Self
2019
- Crawl ... (Producer)
- The Dead Don't Die ... (Thanks)
- Fanboy as Sam Raimi
- The Chef Show as Self
- The Grudge ... (Producer)
2017
- The Black Ghiandola ... (Director)
- Killer Piñata ... (Thanks)
2016
- The Jungle Book as Giant Squirrel (voice)
- Don't Breathe ... (Producer)
2015
- Ash vs Evil Dead ... (Writer)
- Poltergeist ... (Producer)
2014
- Rake ... (Director)
- Murder of a Cat ... (Producer)
2013
- Oz the Great and Powerful ... (Director)
- Evil Dead ... (Producer)
- 3 Geezers! as Director
2012
- The Possession ... (Producer)
2010
- Spartacus ... (Executive Producer)
- Zombie Roadkill ... (Executive Producer)
2009
- Drag Me to Hell as Ghost at Seance (uncredited)
2008
- Legend of the Seeker ... (Producer)
2007
- Spider-Man 3 ... (Director)
- 30 Days of Night ... (Producer)
- The Messengers ... (Producer)
- The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor as Self
- One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead as (archive footage)
- Suck My Geek! as Self
2006
- The Grudge 2 ... (Producer)
2005
- Boogeyman ... (Producer)
- Man with the Screaming Brain ... (Story)
2004
- Spider-Man 2 as University Student with Bag (uncredited)
- The Grudge ... (Producer)
- Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man' as Self
- Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing as Self
- Evil Dead 1 & 2: The Musical ... (Original Story)
2002
- Spider-Man as Popcorn Thrower (uncredited)
- Hatred Of A Minute as Soap Actor on TV (uncredited)
- Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' as Self
- Spider-Mania as Self
2000
- The Gift ... (Director)
- The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier as Self
- Jack of All Trades ... (Producer)
- Cleopatra 2525 ... (Producer)
1999
- For Love of the Game ... (Director)
1998
- Young Hercules ... (Executive Producer)
- Young Hercules ... (Executive Producer)
- A Simple Plan ... (Director)
- Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus ... (Executive Producer)
1997
- The Shining as Gas Station Howie
- Plaga zombie ... (Thanks)
- Spy Game ... (Executive Producer)
1996
- Darkman III: Die Darkman Die ... (Executive Producer)
1995
- Xena: Warrior Princess ... (Producer)
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ... (Producer)
- Galaxis as Nervous Official
- The Quick and the Dead ... (Director)
- American Gothic ... (Producer)
- Darkman II: The Return of Durant ... (Executive Producer)
1994
- The Stand as Bobby Terry
- Timecop ... (Producer)
- DeGenerazione ... (Thanks)
- The Flintstones as Cliff Look-A-Like
- Hercules and the Circle of Fire ... (Executive Producer)
- Hercules and the Amazon Women ... (Executive Producer)
- The Hudsucker Proxy as Hudsucker Brainstormer
- Hercules in the Underworld ... (Executive Producer)
- Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur ... (Executive Producer)
- Hercules and the Lost Kingdom ... (Executive Producer)
- M.A.N.T.I.S. as Ray (uncredited)
- M.A.N.T.I.S. ... (Creator)
1993
- Hard Target ... (Executive Producer)
- Indian Summer as Stick Coder
- Freaked as Crooked Cop (uncredited)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth as Collins
- Body Bags as Bill - Dead Attendant
1992
- Army of Darkness as Knight in Sweatshirt and Sneakers (uncredited)
- Innocent Blood as Roma Meats Man
- Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion as Himself
- Darkman ... (Characters)
- The Nutt House ... (Story)
1990
- Miller's Crossing as Snickering Gunman
- Darkman ... (Story)
1989
- Intruder as Randy
- Easy Wheels ... (Executive Producer)
- The Dead Next Door ... (Executive Producer)
- Stephen King's World of Horror as Self
1988
- Maniac Cop as Parade Reporter
- The Incredibly Strange Film Show as Self
1987
- Evil Dead II as Fake Shemp / Medieval Soldier / Possessed Rocking Chair
1985
- Blood Simple ... (Production Consultant)
- Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except as Cult Leader
- Spies Like Us as Drive-In Security
- Crimewave ... (Director)
- The Sappy Sap ... (Director)
1982
- Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter as Nazi
1981
- The Evil Dead as Hitchhiking Fisherman / Evil Force (uncredited)
1980
- Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except as Head Crazy
- The Blind Waiter as Stan
1979
- Attack of the Helping Hand! as Milkman
- Night Crew
1978
- Within the Woods ... (Director)
- Acting and Reacting as Mime at Party
- Holding It
1977
- It's Murder! as Uncle Jasper
- The Happy Valley Kid