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Sam Raimi

Highest Rated: 93% Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Lowest Rated: 11% Boogeyman (2005)

Birthday: Oct 23, 1959

Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

Born in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan in 1959, Sam Raimi began making movies with Bruce Campbell and some other friends when they were in their teens. The two would continue to collaborate repeatedly over the span of their careers. Raimi attended Michigan State University, but dropped out to make "The Evil Dead" (1981), starring Campbell. The film proved to be the beginning of a partnership with Robert Tapert (a roommate of Raimi's older brother) as a producer. Featuring Raimi's trademark kinetic camerawork, "The Evil Dead" would become a cult phenomenon and spawn a series of films as well as a reboot and a TV series. In 1994, Raimi created his first TV series. "M.A.N.T.I.S." (Fox, 1994-95), about a paralyzed doctor who becomes a superhero when assisted by a powered exoskeleton, was envisioned as a filmed comic book, but didn't make an impression with audiences and was cancelled after one season. The next year he created the hit show "Xena: Warrior Princess" (Syndication, 1995-2001). Raimi also continued to direct a variety of studio films including the critically acclaimed "A Simple Plan" (1998) and baseball film "For Love of the Game" (1999). He returned to fully embrace his inner comic book geek when he directed the blockbuster "Spider-Man" (2002), which became the first film to gross over $100 million in a single weekend. Raimi directed the next two films of his "Spider-Man" trilogy, then returned to the horror genre with "Drag Me to Hell" (2009). Although a prolific producer of television, Raimi didn't direct any until 2014, when he helmed the pilot for "Rake" (Fox, 2014) starring Greg Kinnear. In 2015, he directed the pilot for "Ash vs. Evil Dead" (Starz, 2015-18), Executive Producing with Robert Tapert, and starring Bruce Campbell.

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Highest rated movies

93% 82% Spider-Man 2
Watchlist
92% 62% Drag Me to Hell
Watchlist
91% 81% A Simple Plan Watchlist 90% 59% Nightbooks Watchlist 90% 67% Spider-Man Watchlist 88% 89% Evil Dead II Watchlist 88% 79% Don't Breathe Watchlist 86% 84% The Evil Dead Watchlist 84% 75% Crawl Watchlist 84% 76% Evil Dead Rise Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
72% 38% Don't Move Producer - 2024
59% 73% Boy Kills World Producer $2.6M 2023
84% 76% Evil Dead Rise Executive Producer $67.2M 2023
36% 64% 65 Producer $31.5M 2023
74% 85% Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Director $411.3M 2022
32% 51% Umma Producer $2.0M 2022
90% 59% Nightbooks Producer - 2021
43% 85% Don't Breathe 2 Producer $32.6M 2021
28% 56% The Unholy Producer $15.5M 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nightbooks Producer - 2021
20% 23% The Grudge Producer $21.2M 2020
84% 75% Crawl Producer $39.0M 2019
88% 79% Don't Breathe Producer $89.2M 2016
29% 22% Poltergeist Producer $47.3M 2015
27% 31% Murder of a Cat Producer - 2014
No Score Yet 23% 3 Geezers! Director (Character) - 2013
63% 64% Evil Dead Producer $54.2M 2013
56% 56% Oz the Great and Powerful Director $234.9M 2013
39% 48% The Possession Producer $49.1M 2012
92% 62% Drag Me to Hell Director,
Screenwriter
$42.1M 2009
50% 56% 30 Days of Night Producer $39.6M 2007
63% 51% Spider-Man 3 Director,
Writer
$336.5M 2007
11% 44% The Messengers Producer $35.4M 2007
12% 40% The Grudge 2 Executive Producer $39.1M 2006
11% 21% Boogeyman Producer $46.4M 2005
40% 46% The Grudge Executive Producer $110.2M 2004
93% 82% Spider-Man 2 Director $373.4M 2004
90% 67% Spider-Man Director $403.7M 2002
58% 55% The Gift Director $12.0M 2000
47% 75% For Love of the Game Director $35.2M 1999
No Score Yet 69% Hercules & Xena -- The Battle for Mount Olympus Executive Producer - 1998
91% 81% A Simple Plan Director $16.3M 1998
58% 54% The Quick and the Dead Director $17.3M 1995
33% 20% Darkman II: The Return of Durant Executive Producer - 1995
42% 37% Timecop Producer $44.3M 1994
63% 79% The Hudsucker Proxy Screenwriter $2.1M 1994
62% 50% Hard Target Executive Producer $31.5M 1993
58% 65% Indian Summer Stick Coder (Character) $14.7M 1993
68% 87% Army of Darkness Director,
Writer
$10.5M 1992
No Score Yet 60% Lunatics: A Love Story Executive Producer - 1991
83% 60% Darkman Director,
Screenwriter
$32.8M 1990
No Score Yet 53% Intruder Randy (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 22% Easy Wheels Screenwriter,
Executive Producer
- 1989
88% 89% Evil Dead II Director,
Writer
$2.6M 1987
57% 47% Crimewave Director - 1985
86% 84% The Evil Dead Director,
Writer,
Executive Producer
- 1981
No Score Yet 45% Within the Woods Director - 1978

TV

Credit
86% 57% 50 States of Fright Executive Producer 2020
99% 95% Ash vs Evil Dead Executive Producer,
Director,
Writer
2015-2016 2018
68% 71% Rake Executive Producer,
Director
2014
46% 86% Legend of the Seeker Executive Producer 2008-2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spartacus Executive Producer 2010
64% No Score Yet Spartacus Executive Producer 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet 13: Fear Is Real Executive Producer 2009
No Score Yet 86% Xena Executive Producer 1995-2001
40% No Score Yet Cleopatra 2525 Executive Producer 2000-2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jack of All Trades Executive Producer 2000
No Score Yet 72% Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Executive Producer 1995-1999
No Score Yet 50% Young Hercules Executive Producer 1998-1999
63% 100% American Gothic Executive Producer 1995-1996 1998
44% No Score Yet Spy Game Executive Producer 1997
45% No Score Yet M.A.N.T.I.S. Executive Producer 1994