Sam Raimi

About

Director who is best known for the cult horror-comedy Evil Dead films and the original Spider-Man trilogy. He also directed the films The Quick and the Dead, For Love of the Game, The Gift, and Drag Me to Hell. In 2022, he directed his first Marvel Cinematic Universe film: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Before Fame

Growing up, he recorded a number of Super 8 films with his childhood friend Bruce Campbell, who would eventually star in the Evil Dead films.

Trivia

He produced the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as well as its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess. He has served as a producer for over 60 credits.

Family Life

His younger brother Ted became an actor and his older brother Ivan became a screenwriter. Sam married Gillian Greene in 1993 and he has five children named Emma, Lorne, Henry, Dashiell and Schooley.

Associated With

He directed Tobey Maguire in the Spider-Man trilogy.