Samuel M. Raimi (Sam Raimi) is a American filmmaker, actor, screenwriter and director, who was known for, creates a, Evil Dead franchise. His movies are known for their highly dynamic visual style, inspired by comic books and slapstick comedy.
Raimi also founded his company, Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and, Ghost House Pictures in 2002
Early Life[]
Raimi was born in Royal Oak, Michigan to his Conservative Jewish family, He is a son of merchants Celia Barbara (née Abrams) and Leonard Ronald Raimi. His ancestors we're Jewish immigrants from Russia and Hungary, his younger brother, Ted Raimi was also an actor. and his older brother Ivan is a screenwriter and physician. His older sister, Andrea Raimi Rubin, is a court reporter. Another older brother, Sander, died at 15 in an accidental drowning in Israel; Raimi has said that the trauma knitted the remaining family closer together and "colored everything he's done for the rest of his life." Raimi also mentioned that Sander first introduced him to Spider-Man, igniting his love for comics.
Raimi graduated from Groves High School and later went on to attend both Michigan State University and Università Bocconi, where he studied English but left after three semesters to film The Evil Dead
Filmography (as a director for Universal Pictures films)[]
- Darkman (1990)
- Army of Darkness (1992)
- For Love of the Game (1999)
- Drag Me to Hell (2009)