---
name: "Sam Raimi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-raimi"
fi1m_id: "sam-raimi"
imdb_id: "nm0000600"
tmdb_id: 7623
wikidata_id: "Q275402"
roles: ["Director","Producer","Writer"]
born: "23 October 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 19
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T12:50:29.789957+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."
---

# Sam Raimi

## Identity

Sam Raimi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-raimi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-raimi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000600
- **TMDB ID:** 7623
- **Wikidata ID:** Q275402
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Raimi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275402, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000600/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7623

Director and producer. Born 23 October 1959 in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer, Writer
- **Born:** 23 October 1959, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
- **Active:** 1983–present
- **Also known as:** Celia Abrams, The Master Cylinder, R.O.C. Sandstorm, Alan Smithee Jr., Samuel M. Raimi, Samuel Raimi, Samuel Marshall Raimi 
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 19: 4 acting, 8 directing, 2 writing, 5 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Rob Tapert](https://film.one/person/robert-tapert.md), [Bruce Campbell](https://film.one/person/bruce-campbell.md), [James Franco](https://film.one/person/james-franco.md), [Kirsten Dunst](https://film.one/person/kirsten-dunst.md), [Laura Ziskin](https://film.one/person/laura-ziskin.md), [Tobey Maguire](https://film.one/person/tobey-maguire.md), [Alvin Sargent](https://film.one/person/alvin-sargent.md), [Avi Arad](https://film.one/person/avi-arad.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (3), 1990s 77 (5), 2000s 73 (3), 2010s 70 (3), 2020s 62 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Adventure 3, Horror 3, Science Fiction 3, Comedy 2, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,607m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Raimi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275402, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000600/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7623

## Coming up

- *Evil Dead Wrath* (2028-04-05), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Spider-Man 2*](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md) (85), [*Spider-Man*](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md) (78), [*Send Help*](https://film.one/film/send-help.md) (74), [*Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness*](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness.md) (60), [*Spider-Man 3*](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md) (55), [*65*](https://film.one/film/65.md) (47)
- **HBO Max:** [*Evil Dead II*](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-ii.md) (86), [*The Evil Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md) (77)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Hudsucker Proxy*](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md) (78), [*Xena: Warrior Princess*](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*Crawl*](https://film.one/film/crawl.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Timecop*](https://film.one/film/timecop.md) (64)

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

## Fi1m on Sam Raimi

> Sam Raimi knows how to make a disgusting joke land, and we enjoy his mix of horror and physical comedy. The scripts sometimes exhaust their ideas early, but his timing gives us good reason to stay.

In *Send Help* (2026), Linda's encounter with a boar is disgusting and funny. We laughed, then felt uneasy at how much she seemed to enjoy herself. Raimi gets the reaction before giving us time to question it, using a sudden camera movement and a well-timed impact. He is good company for anyone who enjoys horror with a nasty sense of humour, although the scripts do not always give him enough to do.

The rapid zooms and rushing points of view belong to a style established with *The Evil Dead* (1981), and help explain why comic-book material suited him. *Spider-Man* (2002) put that energy to work without forgetting the characters. The overfilled *Spider-Man 3* (2007) showed how readily it could become clutter. After the trilogy, *Drag Me to Hell* (2009) brought him back to horror, dark humour and practical effects.

*The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), which he co-wrote with Joel and Ethan Coen, exposes another weakness. Some of the dialogue is so carefully worked that it no longer sounds spontaneous. The performances and elaborate sets make the film worth an evening, but the script gives us too little reason to worry about Tim Robbins's Norville Barnes. Paul Newman's ease makes the effort in the writing all the more noticeable.

In *Send Help*, the crew understands how to make his physical comedy work. Cinematographer Bill Pope lights the office in flat grey and the island in hard white sun, so every scrape registers. Production designer Ian Gracie makes Linda's shelter a practical arrangement of wreckage that quietly mocks her boss's uselessness. Composer Danny Elfman supplies brass, shrieks and sudden silences; editor Bob Murawski cuts on the shrieks, giving the impacts their comic timing.

The digital blood lets them down: its splashes look added to the picture rather than part of the action. Damian Shannon and Mark Swift's screenplay also keeps telling us that bosses are awful, long after the point is clear. Raimi can time the next shock, but he cannot make that observation any more interesting. Try *Send Help* for Rachel McAdams and the ugly jokes, provided a little queasiness is acceptable evening entertainment.

## Biography

Sam Raimi is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He was born on 23 October 1959 in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Raimi is best known for writing and directing the original *Evil Dead* trilogy (1981–1992) and directing the *Spider-Man* films (2002–2007). His other directing credits include *Darkman* (1990), *Drag Me to Hell* (2009), *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013) and *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness* (2022).

He has produced films including *65* (2023), *Send Help* (2026), on which he also served as director, and *Evil Dead Burn* (2026). Raimi co-founded production companies Renaissance Pictures and Ghost House Pictures.

*Sources: deadline.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (19)

### Performed in (4)

- *The Jungle Book* (2016), Fi1m 72, as Giant Squirrel (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book-2016.md)
- *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), Fi1m 78, as Hudsucker Brainstormer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md)
- *Miller's Crossing* (1990), Fi1m 82, as Snickering Gunman — [page](https://film.one/film/millers-crossing.md)
- *Spies Like Us* (1985), Fi1m 47, as Drive-In Security — [page](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md)

### Directed (8) — the average rests on these

- *Send Help* (2026), Fi1m 74, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/send-help.md)
- *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness* (2022), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness.md)
- *Spider-Man 3* (2007), Fi1m 55, Screenstory, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md)
- *Spider-Man 2* (2004), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md)
- *Spider-Man* (2002), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *A Simple Plan* (1998), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/a-simple-plan.md)
- *Evil Dead II* (1987), Fi1m 86, as Fake Shemp / Medieval Soldier / Possessed Rocking Chair — [page](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-ii.md)
- *The Evil Dead* (1983), Fi1m 77, as Hitchhiking Fisherman / Evil Force (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md)

### Wrote (2)

- *Evil Dead Burn* (2026), Fi1m 55, Producer, Original Film Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-burn.md)
- *Evil Dead Rise* (2023), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-rise.md)

### Produced (5)

- *65* (2023), Fi1m 47, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/65.md)
- *Crawl* (2019), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/crawl.md)
- *Spartacus* (2010), Fi1m 63, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/spartacus-2010.md)
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Timecop* (1994), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/timecop.md)

## Complete filmography (128)

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

- *Evil Dead Wrath* (2028), Producer, Original Film Writer
- *Evil Dead Burn* (2026), Original Film Writer, Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-burn.md)
- *Send Help* (2026), Producer, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/send-help.md)
- *Locked* (2025), Producer
- *Don't Move* (2024), Producer
- *Stop Whining and Start Winning* (2024), as The Boss
- *Boy Kills World* (2024), Producer
- *The Draft!* (2023), Thanks
- *Evil Dead Rise* (2023), Characters, Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-rise.md)
- *65* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/65.md)
- *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness* (2022), Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness.md)
- *Umma* (2022), Producer
- *Nightbooks* (2021), Producer
- *Don't Breathe 2* (2021), Producer
- *The Unholy* (2021), Producer
- *The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault* (2020), as (archive footage)
- *50 States of Fright* (2020), series, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Grudge* (2019), Producer
- *Crawl* (2019), Producer
- *Crawl* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/crawl.md)
- *The Dead Don't Die* (2019), Thanks
- *Fanboy* (2019), as Sam Raimi
- *The Black Ghiandola* (2017), Director
- *Killer Piñata* (2017), Thanks
- *Don't Breathe* (2016), Producer
- *The Jungle Book* (2016), as Giant Squirrel (voice) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book-2016.md)
- *Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Poltergeist* (2015), Producer
- *Murder of a Cat* (2014), Producer
- *Rake* (2014), series, Director
- *My Journey in Oz* (2013), Thanks
- *3 Geezers!* (2013), as Director
- *Evil Dead* (2013), Producer, Original Film Writer
- *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013), Director
- *The Possession* (2012), Producer
- *Zombie Roadkill* (2010), series, Executive Producer
- *Spartacus* (2010), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/spartacus-2010.md)
- *Drag Me to Hell* (2009), as Ghost at Seance (uncredited) · Director, Writer
- *Legend of the Seeker* (2008), series, Producer, Creator
- *One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead* (2007), as (archive footage)
- *30 Days of Night* (2007), Producer
- *Spider-Man 3* (2007), Director, Screenstory, Screenplay — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md)
- *The Messengers* (2007), Producer
- *The Grudge 2* (2006), Producer
- *Man with the Screaming Brain* (2005), Story
- *Boogeyman* (2005), Producer
- *The Grudge* (2004), Producer
- *Spider-Man 2* (2004), as University Student with Bag (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md)
- *Evil Dead 1 & 2: The Musical* (2004), Original Story
- *Spider-Man* (2002), as Popcorn Thrower (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *The Gift* (2000), Director
- *Jack of All Trades* (2000), series, Producer
- *Cleopatra 2525* (2000), series, Producer
- *For Love of the Game* (1999), Director
- *A Simple Plan* (1998), Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/a-simple-plan.md)
- *Young Hercules* (1998), series, Executive Producer
- *Young Hercules* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus* (1998), Executive Producer
- *The Shining* (1997), series, as Gas Station Howie
- *Spy Game* (1997), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Plaga zombie* (1997), Thanks
- *Darkman III: Die Darkman Die* (1996), Executive Producer, Characters
- *American Gothic* (1995), series, Producer
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Darkman II: The Return of Durant* (1995), Executive Producer, Characters
- *Galaxis* (1995), as Nervous Official
- *The Quick and the Dead* (1995), Director
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Hercules in the Underworld* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Hercules and the Circle of Fire* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Timecop* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/timecop.md)
- *M.A.N.T.I.S.* (1994), series, Creator
- *DeGenerazione* (1994), Thanks
- *The Flintstones* (1994), as Cliff Look-A-Like
- *The Stand* (1994), series, as Bobby Terry
- *Hercules and the Lost Kingdom* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Hercules and the Amazon Women* (1994), Executive Producer
- *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), as Hudsucker Brainstormer · Writer, Second Unit Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md)
- *M.A.N.T.I.S.* (1994), as Ray (uncredited) · Executive Producer, Story
- *Freaked* (1993), as Crooked Cop (uncredited)
- *Body Bags* (1993), as Bill - Dead Attendant
- *Journey to the Center of the Earth* (1993), as Collins
- *Hard Target* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Indian Summer* (1993), as Stick Coder
- *Army of Darkness* (1992), as Knight in Sweatshirt and Sneakers (uncredited) · Writer, Director, Editor
- *Innocent Blood* (1992), as Roma Meats Man
- *The Nutt House* (1992), Story, Screenplay
- *Darkman* (1992), Characters
- *Miller's Crossing* (1990), as Snickering Gunman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/millers-crossing.md)
- *Darkman* (1990), Story, Screenplay, Director
- *Maniac Cop 2* (1990), as Newscaster
- *The Dead Next Door* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Easy Wheels* (1989), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Intruder* (1989), as Randy
- *Maniac Cop* (1988), as Parade Reporter
- *Evil Dead II* (1987), as Fake Shemp / Medieval Soldier / Possessed Rocking Chair · Screenplay, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/evil-dead-ii.md)
- *Spies Like Us* (1985), as Drive-In Security — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/spies-like-us.md)
- *Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except* (1985), as Cult Leader
- *The Sappy Sap* (1985), Director
- *Crimewave* (1985), Director, Writer
- *Blood Simple* (1985), Production Consultant
- *The Evil Dead* (1983), as Hitchhiking Fisherman / Evil Force (uncredited) · Writer, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md)
- *Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter* (1982), as Nazi
- *Stryker's War* (1980), as Head Crazy
- *The Blind Waiter* (1980), as Stan
- *Within the Woods* (1979), Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Editor
- *Attack of the Helping Hand!* (1979), as Milkman · Cinematography
- *Night Crew* (1979), Actor
- *Acting and Reacting* (1978), as Mime at Party
- *Holding It* (1978), Actor
- *The Final Round* (1977), as Shapiro / Ex-Boxer / Thug
- *The Case of the Topanga Pearl* (1976), Actor
- *James Bombed in "Here Today... Gun Tomorrow"* (1976), Actor
- *The James Hoffa Story* (1975), as Stunts
- *I'll Never Heil Again* (1975), as Set Designer
- *No Dough Boys* (1974), Actor
- *Portrait of God*, Producer
- *Tortures of the Damned*, Producer
- *Crawl 2*, Producer
- *The Procession*, Producer
- *Desperation*, Producer
- *Untitled Darkman Reboot*, Producer, Characters
- *The Burden*, Producer
- *Play Dead*, Producer
- *Every House Is Haunted*, Producer
- *Magic*, Producer, Director
- *You're Dead Helen*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Sam Raimi](https://film.one/media/person/6555/gallery-d1c6e005f67d.jpg) Sam Raimi — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sam_Raimi_%2853896379405%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Sam_Raimi_%2853896379405%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sam Raimi speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore ](https://film.one/media/person/6555/gallery-993fd0c0b86a.jpg) Sam Raimi speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Sam_Raimi_%2814586587650%29.jpg/1280px-Sam_Raimi_%2814586587650%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sam Raimi](https://film.one/media/person/6555/gallery-e73cc089a666.jpg) Sam Raimi — Image via TMDB
- ![Sam Raimi](https://film.one/media/person/6555/gallery-784303b15f0e.jpg) Sam Raimi — Image via TMDB
- ![Sam Raimi](https://film.one/media/person/6555/gallery-c5d760b9ab15.jpg) Sam Raimi — Image via TMDB
- ![Sam Raimi](https://film.one/media/person/6555/gallery-a2c5718e8816.jpg) Sam Raimi — Image via TMDB
- ![Sam Raimi](https://film.one/media/person/6555/gallery-3a6d31cf0d42.jpg) Sam Raimi — Image via TMDB
- ![Sam Raimi](https://film.one/media/person/6555/gallery-0bf22523034c.jpg) Sam Raimi — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Inkpot Award 2014: Inkpot Award (won)
- Time Machine Award 1992: Time Machine Award (won)
- Sitges Film Festival Best Director award 1990: Sitges Film Festival Best Director award (won), for *Darkman*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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