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Sam Raimi Biography

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

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' Jury-: winner
1987Best Film-: nominated
1988International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1990Best Director-: winner
1990Best Film-: nominated
1991Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
1992Best Film-: nominated
1993Grand Prize-: nominated
1993Golden Raven-: winner
1993Critics' Award-: winner
1993International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1999Special Jury Prize-: winner
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