Ivan Raimi

American osteopathic physician and screenwriter

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Ivan Raimi

Born|

Ivan Mitchell Raimi

(1956-06-21) June 21, 1956 (age 68)

Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.

Alma mater| Michigan State University
Des Moines University
Occupation(s)| Screenwriter, emergency medicine physician
Relatives| Sam Raimi (brother)
Ted Raimi (brother)

Ivan Mitchell Raimi (born June 21, 1956) is an American emergency medicine physician[1] and screenwriter, and a brother of filmmaker Sam Raimi and actor Ted Raimi. Ivan works as an emergency physician in Chicago, traveling to Los Angeles occasionally to work in Hollywood.[2]

## Life and career

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Ivan M. Raimi was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. He is third of five children born to Celia Barbara (née Abrams), who owned lingerie shops, and Leonard Ronald Raimi, who owned home furnishing stores.[3][4] Ivan was raised in Conservative Judaism, and his ancestors emigrated from Russia and Hungary.[5] His sister remains in Michigan. He is a graduate of Michigan State University and received his medical degree from the Des Moines University medical school in 1984.[6] Raimi then completed an emergency medicine residency at the Southside Medical Center. He is dually board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine.[1]

Raimi sometimes collaborates on projects with brothers Sam Raimi and Ted Raimi, and his work Army of Darkness is the sequel to the horror films The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II. He also co-wrote the comic book adaption of Army for Dark Horse Comics. His work in the entertainment industry has been sparse due to his primary career as a doctor.

Prior to these successes, Dr. Raimi also contributed to several of the films that his brother Sam had made in his early career. Some of these were amateur efforts produced in suburban Michigan; some of them professional, theatrical efforts like Easy Wheels (though the script was heavily altered from the one the Raimis submitted). They also worked together on The Nutt House, which was, again, heavily altered—so much so that all those who worked on the script used pseudonyms. Raimi was credited as "Alan Smithee, Sr."

Raimi also co-wrote Darkman, a collaboration with Sam which also featured Ted. He created the short-lived television series Spy Game and co-wrote the stories and screenplays for Spider-Man 3 and Drag Me to Hell, both projects directed by Sam Raimi and featuring Ted Raimi.

## Filmography

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Year  | Film  | Notes

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1989  | Easy Wheels |
1990  | Darkman |
1992  | The Nutt House | Credited as Alan Smithee
1993  | Army of Darkness |
1997  | Spy Game | TV series; Co-Creator
2007  | Spider-Man 3 |
2009  | Drag Me to Hell |
2015-2018  | Ash vs Evil Dead | TV series; Developed By
2020  | 50 States of Fright | TV series; 3 episodes

## Further reading

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* Warren, Bill. The Evil Dead Companion, pg. 141-2. ISBN 0-312-27501-3
* Raimi, Sam. Army of Darkness DVD audio commentary.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Dr. Ivan Raimi, DO – Howell, MI". Doximity. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
2. ^ Raymond, Rose (November 9, 2012). "From the ER to Oz: DO screenwriter splits time between Michigan, Hollywood". The DO. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
3. ^ Sam Raimi Biography (1959-)
4. ^ Ted Raimi Biography (1965-)
5. ^ "JewishJournal.com". Archived from the original on 2005-11-13. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
6. ^ "AOA "Find a DO"". Archived from the original on June 30, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2008.

## External links

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Films directed|

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* It's Murder! (1977)
* The Evil Dead (1981)
* Crimewave (1985)
* Evil Dead II (1987)
* Darkman (1990)
* Army of Darkness (1992)
* The Quick and the Dead (1995)
* A Simple Plan (1998)
* For Love of the Game (1999)
* The Gift (2000)
* Spider-Man (2002)
* Spider-Man 2 (2004)
* Spider-Man 3 (2007)
* Drag Me to Hell (2009)
* Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
* Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

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Short|

* Within the Woods (1978)
* The Black Ghiandola (2017)

Written only|

* Easy Wheels (1989)
* The Nutt House (1992)
* The Hudsucker Proxy (1994, also second unit director)
* Man with the Screaming Brain (2005, co-story)

Produced only|

* Timecop (1994)
* The Grudge (2004)
* Boogeyman (2005)
* The Grudge 2 (2006)
* The Messengers (2007)
* 30 Days of Night (2007)
* The Possession (2012)
* Evil Dead (2013)
* Murder of a Cat (2014)
* Poltergeist (2015)
* Don't Breathe (2016)
* Crawl (2019)
* The Grudge (2019)
* The Unholy (2021)
* Don't Breathe 2 (2021)
* Nightbooks (2021)
* Umma (2022)
* 65 (2023)
* Boy Kills World (2023)
* Don't Move (TBA)

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* Ghost House Pictures
* Ted Raimi (brother)
* Ivan Raimi (brother)

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