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Also Known As Samuel Marshall Raimi
Born October 23, 1959 (age 67) • Royal Oak • Michigan
Notable Works “A Simple Plan” • “Crimewave” • “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” • “Drag Me to Hell” • “Evil Dead II” • “Oz the Great and Powerful” • “Send Help” • “Spider-Man 2” • “Spider-Man 3” • “Spider-Man” • “The Evil Dead” • “The Gift” • “The Hudsucker Proxy” • “The Quick and the Dead”

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