Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi
Samuel M "Sam" Raimiis an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor, famous for creating the cult horror Evil Dead series, as well as directing the original Spider-Man trilogyand the 1990 superhero film Darkman. His most recent work is 2013's Disney fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth23 October 1959
CityRoyal Oak, MI
CountryUnited States of America
book firsts filmmaker
Every filmmaker knows that when you make a book into a movie, the first thing you have to do is kill the book, unfortunately. You've got to recreate it.
adventure saws film
As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.
crafts film horror
Rob [Tapert], myself and Bruce Campbell sat in hundreds of drive-insnot hundreds, but tens of drive-ins, watching these movies and learning how they were made, and we started to make our own in Super 8. And that’s really how we got into horror films. After a while we learned to really like them, and the craft that went into them.
drama comedy horror
I've always loved... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas.
thinking mind spirit
The domination of one's spirit and mind is not a pretty thing, but I think it happens.
character scary trying
I don't really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I've seen, I just try to get into the character, into his or her head. Try to make it as funny, as scary or as wild as I can so that I really like it.
firsts cameras film
I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
thinking trying another-chance
I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
giving people want
I used to get headaches in 3D movies, and I didn't want the movie to give people headaches.
mean elements horror
Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either.
blood talking guts
R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts.
people criticism praise
I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.