Renaissance Pictures

Renaissance Pictures is an American film production company. Founded by director Sam Raimi, producer Rob Tapert and actor Bruce Campbell, with help from publicist Irvin Shapiro, on August 10, 1979, to produce their film "The Evil Dead", which, along with its sequels "Evil Dead II" and "Army of Darkness", are the group's best known efforts.

Renaissance has produced a large amount of the films that involved the three founders, as well as those made by other entertainment professionals connected with them, including the Joel and Ethan Coen written "Crimewave" and Josh Becker's "Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except". Later efforts include the television series' ' and ', both of which featured Campbell in various capacities, as well as Raimi's brother Ted as recurring character Joxer.

Filmography

*1981 "The Evil Dead"
*1985 "Crimewave"
*1985 "Stryker's War"
*1987 "Evil Dead II"
*1990 "Darkman"
*1991 "Lunatics: A Love Story"
*1992 "Army of Darkness"
*1993 "Hard Target"
*1994 "" direct to video
*1994 "" TV movie
*1994 "" TV movie
*1994 "M.A.N.T.I.S." TV series
*1994 "Timecop"
*1994 "" TV movie
*1994 "" TV movie
*1995-99 "" TV series
*1995-2001 "" TV series
*1995-96 "American Gothic" TV movie
*1996 "" direct to video
*1998 "" direct to video
*1998-99 "Young Hercules" TV series & direct to video
*2000 "Jack of All Trades" TV series
*2000-01 "Cleopatra 2525" TV series
*2002 "Xena: Warrior Princess - A Friend in Need" direct to video director's cut
*2004 "The Grudge"
*2004 "Mad Jack's Great Chase Through Time" TV series

References

*Warren, Bill. "The Evil Dead Companion", ISBN 0-312-27501-3.
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