Sam Raimi
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Biography
Samuel M. Raimi (/ˈreɪmi/ RAY-mee; born October 23, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. 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 company 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, starring long-time friend and collaborator Bruce Campbell reprising his role in the Evil Dead franchise.
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Known For
The Chef Show
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man
Drag Me to Hell
The Stand
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Flintstones
The Evil Dead
The Jungle Book
Evil Dead II
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Body Bags
Intruder
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Production Credits
Don't Breathe
Evil Dead Rise
Drag Me to Hell
Ash vs Evil Dead
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Timecop
Evil Dead II
Boogeyman
Avengers: Secret Wars
American Gothic
Be My Eyes
Xena: Warrior Princess
Evil Dead
Spartacus
The Unholy
Crawl 2
Legend of the Seeker
Crawl
Don't Breathe 2
Boy Kills World
The Gift
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Hard Target
The Dead Don't Die
Rake
The Hudsucker Proxy
Spider-Man 2
Nightbooks
Umma
Spider-Man
The Quick and the Dead
Poltergeist
The Possession
Spider-Man 3
A Simple Plan
The Evil Dead
30 Days of Night
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Grudge
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