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Sam Raimi

Birth Name:
Samuel Marshall Raimi
Birth Place:
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
Profession
Producer, Actor, Director, Writer, Editor, Special effects, Soundtrack, Assistant director, Script department
Sam Raimi

Fast Facts

  • Attended Michigan State University but left after three semesters to film "The Evil Dead," the movie that launched his career
  • Three of his five children, Emma Rose, Lorne and Henry, appeared as extras in his films "Drag Me to Hell" and "Spider-Man 3․"
  • In 1979, he founded and became vice president of Renaissance Motion Pictures with actor Bruce Campbell, who was the firm's president
  • Quote: "[on making the Spider-Man movies] "I love the Spider-Man character․ And that's what's at the heart of it․ But there's another fun thing that I never had before where you make your movie and a lot of people see it and they seem to like it․""
  • A yellow 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 has appeared in nearly every film he has directed; in "The Quick and the Dead," a western, it was disguised as a covered wagon
  • Created the superhero "Darkman" for the movie of the same name after failing to obtain the rights to "The Shadow․"
  • In the mid-1980s, he lived in an apartment with actor Bruce Campbell, writer/director Scott Spiegel, writer/director Joel Coen, writer/producer Ethan Coen and actresses Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand and Kathy Bates

Awards

  • 1982Prize of the International Critics' JuryWinner
  • 1987Best FilmNominated
  • 1988International Fantasy Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1990Best DirectorWinner
  • 1990Best FilmNominated
  • 1991Saturn Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 1992Best FilmNominated
  • 1993Grand PrizeNominated
  • 1993Golden RavenWinner
  • 1993Critics' AwardWinner
  • 1993International Fantasy Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 1999Special Jury PrizeWinner
  • 2003Saturn Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2003Empire Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2003Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form:Nominated
  • 2003SFX Award - Best SF or Fantasy Film Director:Nominated
  • 2004Rondo Statuette - Best Movie:Nominated
  • 2005Saturn Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2005Empire Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2005Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form:Nominated
  • 2007Rondo Statuette - Best Movie:Nominated
  • 2007Scream Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2008Saturn Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2009Fright Meter Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2009Fright Meter Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2009Rondo Statuette - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2009Scream Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010The Greatest Films of All Time - Horror:Winner
  • 2015Rondo Statuette - Best Restoration:Winner
  • 2015Rondo Statuette - Best TV Presentation:Winner
  • 2015Rondo Statuette - BEST CLASSIC DVD:Winner
  • 2016Rondo Statuette - Best Television Presentation:Nominated
  • 2016iHorror Award - Best Horror Series:Winner
  • 2017Festival Award - Best Director of a Short Film:Nominated
  • 2022Dragon Award - Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie:Nominated
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