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Sam Raimi (born October 23, 1959 in Franklin, Michigan) is an American director, producer, and movie writer.
Raimi came to the attention of horror movie fans as the director and producer of the horror/slapstick (or "splatstick," as
Bruce Campbell has called it)
Evil Dead movies (The Evil Dead
, Evil Dead II
, and Army of Darkness) starring
Bruce Campbell. In the 1990s Raimi directed such films as A Simple Plan (starring
Bill Paxton and
Billy Bob Thornton) and For Love of the Game (starring
Kevin Costner).
Raimi's career as a director of big-budget Hollywood movies culminated with the 2002 blockbuster Spider-Man, which was adapted from the comic book series of the same name. The movie has grossed over $400 million.
In addition to film, Raimi has worked in television, producing such series as
', ', and Jack of All Trades
. Raimi's acting credits include Army of Darkness
, Journey to the Center of the Earth
, and Spies Like Us.
In his film and television projects, Sam Raimi's brother Ted and his friend
Bruce Campbell are often included in on-screen roles, though these appearances are often just short cameos. He has also featured his car, "The Classic", in most of his films.
Sam also uses a famous shot in most of his creations, most prominately Hercules and glimpsed in Spiderman 2, is when a moving object (such as an arrow) or a biomechanical appendage, the camera follows along with it at hyperspeed in first person or side view.
Another film technique of Sam's is, when a sequence of events are chopped together, liking to a sort of montage. This figures in the Evil Dead series, and in the new Shaun of the Dead movie.He is also an alumnus from Michigan State University
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