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Samuel Marshall "'''Sam'''" '''Raimi''' (born October 23 , 1959 ) is an American Film Director , Producer , and Writer . He is best known for directing the classic cult-horror film '' The Evil Dead '' and the blockbuster '' Spider-Man '' films. Raimi was born in Franklin, Michigan to a conservative Jewish family of Polish ancestry; his father was Leonard Ronald Raimi and his mother was Celia Barbara Raimi. His original surname was Rengewrtz, but was shortened Raimi after his grandfather immigrated to the United States. He attended Michigan State University and majored in English. FILM He became fascinated in making films when his father brought a camera home one day and he began to make '', which turned away almost totally from horror in favour of Fantasy and Comedy elements. In the 1990s Raimi moved into other genres, directing such films as '' A Simple Plan '' (1998) (starring Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton ) and '' For Love Of The Game '' (1999) (starring Kevin Costner ). Raimi achieved great commercial success with the Blockbuster '' Spider-Man '' (2002), which was adapted from the Comic Book series of the same name. The movie has grossed over $800 million USD worldwide, and has spawned a Sequel . Raimi is currently working on '' Spider-Man 3 ''. He has also worked in front of the camera with '' Miller's Crossing '' as an ill-fated gunman, '' Stephen King's The Stand '' as a dimwitted hitman who pays a fatal price for a mistake, John Carpenter 's '' Body Bags '' in an unusual role as a gas station attendant, and '' Indian Summer '' in what is perhaps his biggest role as a bumbling assistant to Alan Arkin . TELEVISION In addition to film, Raimi has worked in '', and '' Jack Of All Trades ''. TRADEMARKS In his film and television projects, Sam Raimi's brother Ted Raimi and his friend Bruce Campbell often appear in on-screen roles, though these appearances are often just short Cameos . He has included a 1973 yellow Oldsmobile Delta 88 automobile (nicknamed "The Classic") in most of his films. A bottle of Maker's Mark appears regularly in his movies. Other director trademarks include: a distinctive type of Camera shot where the camera follows a moving object such as an Arrow at high speeds in first person or side view; Dolly Zoom s; and shots of smoke or fog in the first few minutes of most of his films. The montage effect he uses (choppy Montage -style sequences to cover a lengthy set of actions in a short space of time) can be seen, like Sergei Eisenstein 's methods of montage, to be both metric and rhythmic, therefore containing elements of the tonal and overtonal. Raimi often borrows scenes and ideas from Hong Kong Films , especially '' A Chinese Ghost Story '' for use in at least one of the ''Evil Dead'' movies and in some episodes of ''Xena''. {Link without Title} {Link without Title} {Link without Title} FILMOGRAPHY As director:
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