---
name: "Ivan Raimi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ivan-raimi"
fi1m_id: "ivan-raimi"
imdb_id: "nm0706898"
tmdb_id: 7629
wikidata_id: "Q1134855"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 June 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:57:09.449143+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ivan Raimi

## Identity

Ivan Raimi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ivan-raimi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ivan-raimi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0706898
- **TMDB ID:** 7629
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1134855
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Raimi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706898/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7629

Writer. Born 21 June 1956 in Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 June 1956, Michigan, USA
- **Active:** 1983–2007
- **Also known as:** Ivan Mitchell Raimi
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 77 (1), 2000s 55 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Raimi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706898/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7629

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Spider-Man 3*](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ivan Mitchell Raimi (born 21 June 1956) is an American screenwriter and emergency medicine physician. He is the older brother of filmmaker Sam Raimi and actor Ted Raimi, and has collaborated with them on several projects.

Raimi graduated from Michigan State University and received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Des Moines University in 1984. He completed an emergency medicine residency and is board certified in internal medicine and emergency medicine. He practises as a physician, primarily in the Chicago area, while occasionally working in film and television.

His screenwriting credits include *Darkman* (1990), *Army of Darkness* (1992), *Spider-Man 3* (2007) and *Drag Me to Hell* (2009). He created the television series *Spy Game* (1997–1998) and contributed to *Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015–2018).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nm.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Evil Dead* (1983), Fi1m 77, as Fake Shemp — [page](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Spider-Man 3* (2007), Fi1m 55, Screenplay, Screenstory — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *50 States of Fright* (2020), series, Writer
- *Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015), series, Writer, Creator
- *Drag Me to Hell* (2009), Writer, Co-Producer
- *Spider-Man 3* (2007), Screenstory, Screenplay — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md)
- *Spy Game* (1997), series, Creator
- *Nude Bowling Party* (1995), as Joe's Assistant
- *Army of Darkness* (1992), as Fake Shemp · Writer
- *The Nutt House* (1992), Screenplay, Story
- *Darkman* (1990), Screenplay
- *Easy Wheels* (1989), Writer
- *The Evil Dead* (1983), as Fake Shemp — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ivan-raimi