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