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AKA: Sam Raimi

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Birthdate: 1959-10-23

Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

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Though he got his start making two over-the-top cult horror film favorites—"The Evil Dead" (filmed in 1979, but released in 1983) and "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" (1987)—director Sam Raimi subsequently diversified into TV where he quietly became a major auteur of fantastic entertainment, executive producing the syndicated phenomena "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and "Xena: Warrior Princess" (both debuted in 1995). But it was as the director of three hugely popular and satisfying films starring the famously neurotic comic book superhero "Spider-Man" that Raimi made his biggest mark on Hollywood.Born on October 23, 1959 in Royal Oak, MI, Raimi began making film shorts as a child after his father gave him an 8mm camera. Around this time, Raimi became friends with future “Evil Dead” star Bruce...

Credits

Title	Distributor	Role	Release
Crimewave	Renaissance Pictures	Screenplay	04-25-1986
Crimewave	Renaissance Pictures	Director	04-25-1986
Evil Dead	Renaissance Pictures	Screenplay	01-01-1983
Evil Dead	Renaissance Pictures	Director	01-01-1983
Evil Dead	Renaissance Pictures	Executive Producer	01-01-1983

Awards

Award	Category	Project	Year
George Pal Memorial Award			2001

Box Office

Release	Title	Distributor	Role	Domestic Box Office
04-25-1986	Crimewave	Renaissance Pictures	Screenplay	---
04-25-1986	Crimewave	Renaissance Pictures	Director	---
01-01-1983	Evil Dead	Renaissance Pictures	Screenplay	---
01-01-1983	Evil Dead	Renaissance Pictures	Director	---
01-01-1983	Evil Dead	Renaissance Pictures	Executi...	---

Education

Institution	Location	Major	Degree	Year range	Notes
Wylie E. Groves High School	Beverly Hills, MI
Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI	English			Left after three semesters to film "The Evil Dead" (1981)

Milestones

Begin	Through
1978	1979	Founded the Michigan State University Society for Creative Filmmaking
1979	---	Co-founded Renaissance Motion Pictures with Robert Tapert and Bruce Campbell
1979	---	Wrote and directed first feature, "The Evil Dead" (released in 1983)
1985	---	First film appearance in "Spies Like Us"
1987	---	Feature producing debut, executive produced sequel "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" (also directed and co-scripted with Scott Spiegel)

Professions

Profession	Type
producer	primary
director	primary
screenwriter	primary
executive	secondary
actor	secondary

Relationships

Relationship	Name
Companion	Lisa Henson	No longer together; president of Columbia Pictures
sister	Andrea Raimi	Older
mother	Celia Barbara Raimi	Owned a lingerie shop
wife	Gillian Greene	Daughter of actor Lorne Greene; married c. 1992
son	Henry Raimi	Born c. 1996; mother, Gillian Greene; appeared as an extra in "Spider-Man 3" (2007)

Notes

On Jan. 12, 2010, Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced that "Spider-Man 4" will not include the original principals Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi. They announced that the franchise will eventually reboot featuring Peter Parker as a teenager.

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