Samuel Marshall Raimi (/ˈreɪmi/ RAY-mee; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the Evil Dead trilogy (1981–1992) and directing the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed Darkman (1990), The Quick and the Dead (1995), A Simple Plan (1998), The Gift (2000), Drag Me to Hell (2009), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and 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 companies Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost House Pictures in 2002. Raimi has also produced several successful television series, including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1997), its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001), and Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018) starring longtime 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.

Filmography

• 2028Evil Dead Wrath — Producer, Original Film Writer
• 2027Crawl 2 — Producer
• 2026Evil Dead Burn — Original Film Writer, Producer
• 2026Send Help — Director, Producer
• 2025Locked — Producer
• 2024Boy Kills World — Producer
• 2024Don't Move — Producer
• 2024Stop Whining and Start Winning — The Boss
• 202365 — Producer
• 2023Evil Dead Rise — Characters, Executive Producer
• 2023The Draft! — Thanks
• 2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — Director
• 2022Portrait of God — Producer
• 2022Umma — Producer
• 2021Don't Breathe 2 — Producer
• 2021Nightbooks — Producer
• 2021The Unholy — Producer
• 50 States of Fright — Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault — (archive footage)
• 2019Crawl — Producer
• 2019Crawl — Producer
• 2019Fanboy — Sam Raimi
• 2019The Dead Don't Die — Thanks
• 2019The Grudge — Producer
• 2017Killer Piñata — Thanks
• 2017The Black Ghiandola — Director
• 2016Don't Breathe — Producer
• 2016The Jungle Book — Giant Squirrel (voice)
• Ash vs Evil Dead — Writer, Director, Creator
• 2015Poltergeist — Producer
• 2014Murder of a Cat — Producer
• Rake — Director
• 20133 Geezers! — Director
• 2013Evil Dead — Producer, Original Film Writer
• 2013My Journey in Oz — Self, Thanks
• 2013Oz the Great and Powerful — Director
• 2012The Possession — Producer
• Spartacus — Executive Producer
• Zombie Roadkill — Executive Producer
• 13: Fear Is Real — Executive Producer
• 2009Drag Me to Hell — Ghost at Seance (uncredited), Director, Writer
• Legend of the Seeker — Producer, Creator
• 200730 Days of Night — Producer
• 2007One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead — (archive footage)
• 2007Spider-Man 3 — Director, Screenstory, Screenplay
• 2007The Messengers — Producer
• 2006The Grudge 2 — Producer
• 2005Boogeyman — Producer
• 2005Man with the Screaming Brain — Story
• 2004Evil Dead 1 & 2: The Musical — Original Story
• 2004Spider-Man 2 — University Student with Bag (uncredited), Director
• 2004The Grudge — Producer
• 2002Spider-Man — Popcorn Thrower (uncredited), Director
• Cleopatra 2525 — Producer
• Jack of All Trades — Producer
• 2000The Gift — Director
• 1999For Love of the Game — Director
• 1998A Simple Plan — Director
• 1998Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus — Executive Producer
• 1998Young Hercules — Executive Producer
• Young Hercules — Executive Producer
• 1997Plaga zombie — Thanks
• Spy Game — Executive Producer, Creator
• The Shining — Gas Station Howie
• 1996Darkman III: Die Darkman Die — Executive Producer, Characters
• American Gothic — Producer
• 1995Darkman II: The Return of Durant — Executive Producer, Characters
• 1995Galaxis — Nervous Official
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys — Producer, Executive Producer
• 1995The Quick and the Dead — Director
• Xena: Warrior Princess — Producer
• 1994DeGenerazione — Thanks
• 1994Hercules and the Amazon Women — Executive Producer
• 1994Hercules and the Circle of Fire — Executive Producer
• 1994Hercules and the Lost Kingdom — Executive Producer
• 1994Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur — Executive Producer
• 1994Hercules in the Underworld — Executive Producer
• 1994M.A.N.T.I.S. — Ray (uncredited), Executive Producer, Story
• M.A.N.T.I.S. — Creator
• 1994The Flintstones — Cliff Look-A-Like
• 1994The Hudsucker Proxy — Hudsucker Brainstormer, Writer, Second Unit Director
• The Stand — Bobby Terry
• 1994Timecop — Producer
• 1993Body Bags — Bill - Dead Attendant
• 1993Freaked — Crooked Cop (uncredited)
• 1993Hard Target — Executive Producer
• 1993Indian Summer — Stick Coder
• 1993Journey to the Center of the Earth — Collins
• 1992Army of Darkness — Knight in Sweatshirt and Sneakers (uncredited), Writer, Director, Editor
• 1992Darkman — Characters
• 1992Innocent Blood — Roma Meats Man
• 1992The Nutt House — Story, Screenplay
• 1990Darkman — Screenplay, Story, Director
• 1990Maniac Cop 2 — Newscaster
• 1990Miller's Crossing — Snickering Gunman
• 1989Easy Wheels — Writer, Executive Producer
• 1989Intruder — Randy
• 1989The Dead Next Door — Executive Producer
• 1988Maniac Cop — Parade Reporter
• 1987Evil Dead II — Fake Shemp / Medieval Soldier / Possessed Rocking Chair, Director, Screenplay
• 1985Blood Simple — Production Consultant
• 1985Crimewave — Director, Writer
• 1985Spies Like Us — Drive-In Security
• 1985The Sappy Sap — Director
• 1985Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except — Cult Leader
• 1983The Evil Dead — Hitchhiking Fisherman / Evil Force (uncredited), Writer, Director, Executive Producer
• 1982Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter — Nazi
• 1980Stryker's War — Head Crazy
• 1980The Blind Waiter — Stan
• 1979Attack of the Helping Hand! — Milkman, Cinematography
• 1979Night Crew
• 1979Within the Woods — Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Editor
• 1978Acting and Reacting — Mime at Party
• 1978Holding It
• 1977The Final Round — Shapiro / Ex-Boxer / Thug
• 1976James Bombed in "Here Today... Gun Tomorrow"
• 1976The Case of the Topanga Pearl
• 1975I'll Never Heil Again — Set Designer
• 1975The James Hoffa Story — Stunts
• 1974No Dough Boys
• 99 Nights in the Forest — Producer
• Desperation — Producer
• Don't Breathe 3 — Producer
• Every House Is Haunted — Producer
• Magic — Producer, Director
• Play Dead — Producer
• Portrait of God — Producer
• The Burden — Producer
• The Procession — Producer
• Tortures of the Damned — Producer
• Untitled Darkman Reboot — Producer, Characters
• You're Dead Helen — Producer

Appearances as themselves (32)

• 2026First Feature — Himself (Archival footage)
• 2026Generations: The Evolution of Spider-Man — Self - Director (archive footage)
• 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — Self - Director
• 2022Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home — Self (archive footage)
• 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #5: Haunted Lives — Self
• The Chef Show — Self - Guest
• 2015Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" — Self (archive footage)
• 2007'Spider-Man 3' on Location: Cleveland, the Chase and Euclid Avenue — Self
• 2007'Spider-Man 3' on Location: New York, from Rooftops to Backstreets — Self
• 2007Covered in Black: Creating Venom — Self
• 2007Fighting, Flying and Driving: The Stunts of 'Spider-Man 3' — Self
• 2007Grains of Sand: Building Sandman — Self
• 2007Hanging on: Gwen Stacy and the Collapsing Floor — Self
• 2007Inside the Editing Room of 'Spider-Man 3' — Self
• 2007On the Set: Spider-Man 3 — Self
• 2007Re-Imagining the Goblin — Self
• 2007Suck My Geek! — Self
• 2007Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of 'Spider-Man 3' — Self
• 2007The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor — Self
• 2007The Science of Sound — Self
• 2007Wall of Water — Self
• 2004Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man' — Self
• 2004Hero in Crisis — Self
• 2004Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing — Self
• VH1 Goes Inside — Self
• 2002Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' — Self
• 2002Spider-Mania — Self
• 2000The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier — Self
• 1999The Men Behind the Army — Self (archive footage)
• 1992Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion — Himself
• 1989Stephen King's World of Horror — Self
• The Incredibly Strange Film Show — Self