Sam Raimi

Known For: Directing

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: October 23, 1959 (65 years old)

Place of Birth: Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Raimi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

2025

Producer

Locked

2024

Actor The Boss

Stop Whining and Start Winning

Producer

Boy Kills World

Producer

Don't Move

2023

Characters

Evil Dead Rise

Executive Producer

Evil Dead Rise

Producer

2022

Actor Self (archive footage)

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Actor Self - Director

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Director

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Producer

Umma

2021

Producer

The Unholy

Producer

Don't Breathe 2

Producer

Nightbooks

2020

Actor Self

AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES

2019

Actor Sam Raimi

Fanboy

Thanks

The Dead Don't Die

Producer

The Grudge

Producer

Crawl

2017

Director

The Black Ghiandola

Thanks

Killer Piñata

2016

Actor Giant Squirrel (voice)

The Jungle Book

Producer

Don't Breathe

2015

Producer

Poltergeist

2014

Producer

Murder of a Cat

2013

Actor Director

3 Geezers!

Director

Oz the Great and Powerful

Producer

Evil Dead

Original Film Writer

Evil Dead

2012

Executive Producer

The Possession

2009

Actor Ghost at Seance (uncredited)

Drag Me to Hell

Director

Drag Me to Hell

Producer

Drag Me to Hell

Writer

Drag Me to Hell

2007

Actor Self

Suck My Geek!

Actor Self

The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor

Actor (archive footage)

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

Director

Spider-Man 3

Executive Producer

Rise: Blood Hunter

Producer

30 Days of Night

Producer

The Messengers

Screenstory

Spider-Man 3

Screenplay

Spider-Man 3

2006

Producer

The Grudge 2

2005

Producer

Boogeyman

Story

Man with the Screaming Brain

2004

Actor University Student with Bag (uncredited)

Spider-Man 2

Actor Self

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

Director

Spider-Man 2

Producer

The Grudge

2002

Actor Popcorn Thrower (uncredited)

Spider-Man

Actor Soap Actor on TV (uncredited)

Hatred Of A Minute

Actor Self

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

Actor Self

Spider-Mania

Director

Spider-Man

2000

Actor Self

The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier

Director

The Gift

1999

Director

For Love of the Game

1998

Director

A Simple Plan

Executive Producer

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

1997

Thanks

Plaga zombie

1996

Executive Producer

Darkman III: Die Darkman Die

1995

Actor Nervous Official

Galaxis

Director

The Quick and the Dead

Executive Producer

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

1994

Actor Hudsucker Brainstormer

The Hudsucker Proxy

Actor Cliff Look-A-Like

The Flintstones

Producer

Timecop

Executive Producer

Hercules and the Amazon Women

Executive Producer

Hercules and the Circle of Fire

Executive Producer

Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur

Executive Producer

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom

Executive Producer

Hercules in the Underworld

Writer

The Hudsucker Proxy

Second Unit Director

The Hudsucker Proxy

Thanks

DeGenerazione

Executive Producer

M.A.N.T.I.S.

Story

M.A.N.T.I.S.

1993

Actor Bill - Dead Attendant

Body Bags

Actor Stick Coder

Indian Summer

Actor Crooked Cop (uncredited)

Freaked

Actor Collins

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Executive Producer

Hard Target

1992

Actor Roma Meats Man

Innocent Blood

Actor Himself

Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion

Actor Knight in Sweatshirt and Sneakers (uncredited)

Army of Darkness

Characters

Darkman

Story

The Nutt House

Screenplay

The Nutt House

Writer

Army of Darkness

Director

Army of Darkness

Editor

Army of Darkness

1990

Actor Snickering Gunman

Miller's Crossing

Story

Darkman

Screenplay

Darkman

Director

Darkman

1989

Actor Randy

Intruder

Actor Self

Stephen King's World of Horror

Executive Producer

The Dead Next Door

Executive Producer

Easy Wheels

Writer

Easy Wheels

1988

Actor Parade Reporter

Maniac Cop

1987

Actor Fake Shemp / Medieval Soldier / Possessed Rocking Chair

Evil Dead II

Screenplay

Evil Dead II

Director

Evil Dead II

1985

Actor Cult Leader

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except

Actor Drive-In Security

Spies Like Us

Director

Crimewave

Writer

Crimewave

Director

The Sappy Sap

1984

Production Consultant

Blood Simple

1982

Actor

Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter

1981

Actor Hitchhiking Fisherman / Evil Force (uncredited)

The Evil Dead

Writer

The Evil Dead

Director

The Evil Dead

Executive Producer

The Evil Dead

1980

Actor

The Blind Waiter

Actor Cult Leader

Stryker's War

1979

Actor

Night Crew

Actor Milkman

Attack of the Helping Hand!

Cinematography

Attack of the Helping Hand!

1978

Actor

Holding It

Actor Mime at Party

Acting and Reacting

Director

Within the Woods

Executive Producer

Within the Woods

Director

Clockwork

Producer

Clockwork

Writer

Clockwork

Editor

Within the Woods

Writer

Within the Woods

1976

Actor

The Case of the Topanga Pearl

Actor

Attack of the Pillsbury Doughboy

Director

Attack of the Pillsbury Doughboy

Others

Producer

Every House Is Haunted

Producer

Send Help

Director

Send Help

Executive Producer

Untitled Evil Dead Film

Executive Producer

Untitled Evil Dead Movie

Producer

The Burden

Executive Producer

Untitled Evil Dead Spin-Off

Producer

Suburban Hell

Executive Producer

Untitled Evil Dead Project

Original Film Writer

Untitled Evil Dead Project

Producer

Crawl 2