Samuel M. Raimi (/ˈreɪmi/RAY-mee; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the first three films in the Evil Dead franchise (1981–present) and the Spider-Mantrilogy (2002–2007). He also directed the 1990 superhero film Darkman, the 1995 revisionist western The Quick and the Dead, the 1998 neo-noir crime-thriller A Simple Plan, the 2000 supernatural thriller film The Gift, the 2009 supernatural horror film Drag Me to Hell, the 2013 Disneyfantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful, and the 2022 superhero film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.