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American osteopathic physician and screenwriter
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.
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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 (
nee
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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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.
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