Biography of legendary director Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi is a film director from the USA, author of many scripts for films, producer. His most famous works include the trilogy about "sinister zombies", as well as the film adaptation of the comics "Spider-Man". He produced such publicly acclaimed television series as "The Legendary Adventures of Hercules" and "Xena the Warrior Princess".

In addition, in his filmography you can find a large number of small roles. The director is constantly improving the quality of the production and shooting of his films, delighting fans around the world.

Childhood and youth

Samuel Ramey was born on 23 October 1959 in the small American village of Royal Oak, Michigan. His ancestors were by people from Russia and Hungary. Sam's father's name was Leonard Ronald and his mum's name was Celia Barbara. From childhood Sam showed a keen interest in the camera. Later it was this hobby that prompted him to go to study at the University of Michigan. In the walls of this university, he and his. brother Ivan have created their own community of filmmakers.

After completing the educational process, Seuel decided to team up with his mate and future most famous producer of almost all his projects Robert Tupper. Also in the company of them was the actor Bruce Campbellwho would work almost constantly with Raimi. The trio founded Renaissance Pictures after receiving their degrees.

Raimi's career in the film industry

The debut film, on which Sam began to work, was "The Evil Dead" in 1979. The success of the first film led to the appearance of a sequel, resulting in two more parts of the horror film. On Cannes Festival the picture about the dead was fully recognised by the audience. Critics were in solidarity with the opinion of fans. This was followed by a series of Superman films. And that's when Sam fully realised that he was now really famous.

In the field of cinema, Raimi is known as the most talented screenwriter and master director. He has been directly involved in the creation of such top films as:
- "The Uninvited Guest" - 1989;
- "Crime Wave" - 1985;
- "Framed" - 1985;
- "It's Murder!" - 1977.

Samuel proved to be successful in acting as well. In 1995, he was offered to star in an action film "Quick and Dead.". This work was significant for Raimi in that he was fortunate enough to be in front of the cameras with some of the greatest stars in American cinema. Some of Sam's most recent work has been a mystery film. "The Gift.", horror. "Drag me to hell."which appeared in cinemas in 2009, as well as the 3rd part of "Spider-Man", which pleased the audience with its appearance in 2007.

Personal life and interesting facts

In 1993, Sam Ramey got married to Gillian Dania Green. The couple has five heirs. Three of the children have already experienced themselves as actors in their father's films. They are Emma Rose, Lorne and Henry. Samuel's native brother Ivan directly participated in the creation of scripts for a number of his films. These include "Dark Man." and the third part "Dead Men.". He also put his head and hand to the script "Superman 3.".

We've gathered fascinating facts about Sam Raimi's life and work:

- One of the Ramey brothers named Sander died in an accident that occurred in a swimming pool. The guy was only 15 years old at the timeand he was in Israel on a tourist trip. Before his death, Sander had been performing acrobatic routines for his brother and his mates. After the tragedy, Samuel had to take over that role.

- The surname Sama is a derivative of the name Reingewerz, which has German roots.

- Raimi had a great desire to do work on the film "The Shadow", but did not get the opportunity. But Sam did not despair and switched to creating his own superhero in the film "Darkman.".

- The breakthrough project for Raimi was a horror film "The Evil Dead", whose budget was very modest and was all 350 thousand dollars. But time went on, prices were rising, and with them the cost of producing masterpieces of cinema. And here came the moment when the shooting had to spend a thousand times more. It was the third part of "Spider-Man" with a budget of of $3.5 million. At that time, the record for the cost of a single film work was broken. It was 2007.

- Sam is a 1977 graduate of Birmingham's Groves High School.

- Samuel Ramey's children are named Lorne, Dashiell-William, Henry, Emma and Schoolie.

- During Ramey's college days. supervised the film community. But he and his friends decided not to trivialise renting pictures to show them to their classmates, but to start making their own feature-length films on the Super 8. and screened them for anyone interested from the campus auditorium.

- As an editor, Sam often collaborates with Bob Murawski.

- Sam became the first director to manage to bring three comic book characters to life at once.

- In 1998, actor Bob Thornton was nominated for an Oscar after starring in Raimi's film "Simple Plan.".

- When Sam was 14 years old, his father bought a car for family use in 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88. Later, this masterpiece of the automotive industry was used more than once in the directorial projects of Samuel. Its last appearance in the frame dates back to 2009, when the car appeared in the film "Drag me to Hell.". In it, Mrs Ganush was driving around in an old car.

- As mentioned above, the trio of creators of famous films and television projects were formed in their student years. They did not change their approach and when performing acting duties. Few masterpieces were without the participation of this legendary trio.

Facts about the film "Spider-Man"

Many interesting details can be told about the filming of this film masterpiece, but we will highlight such:

- In preparation for the role, Toby's about six months on a special diet and studied martial arts;

- During the filming of the scene in the university, according to the plot it was winter outside, but the weather was so hot that if you look closely, you can see the students summery;

- When Norman Osborne was to transform, green smoke was required, but it turned out to be a impossiblyas it would have had a negative impact on the actors' health. Therefore, it was decided to use computer graphics.