Trademark techniques He inherited a love for filmmaking from his father, a furniture and appliance store owner He created his first film at the age of 11, and two years later, he had his own 8 mm camera to use on his own projects. Raimi, along with his friend Bruce Campbell, later studied filmmaking with Vern Nobles who made industrial films In 1977, Raimi enrolled at Michigan State University. He formed Renaissance Pictures with his friends Bruce Campbell and Robert Tapert. To raise money, he and his partners met with local doctors, lawyers, and other professionals in the Detroit area. For The Evil Dead , Raimi and partners had trouble finding a distributor, but eventually had the film released in Europe Main Directing Credits The Evil Dead (1981) Spider-man 1,2,3 (2002,2004,2007) Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) Trademark Techniques In several of his films, R