Editing Sam Raimi (section)

==Early life==
Raimi was born in [[Royal Oak, Michigan]],<ref name=TCM /> to a [[Conservative Jewish]] family.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/sam_raimis_latest_horror_flick_draws_on_true_tale_jewish_exorcism_20120822|title=Sam Raimi's latest horror flick draws on 'true' tale, Jewish exorcism|magazine=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]]|first=Naomi|last=Pfefferman|date=August 22, 2012|access-date=March 14, 2013|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201123023313/https://jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111212/107462/sam-raimis-latest-horror-flick-draws-on-true-tale-jewish-exorcism/|url-status=live|quote=Raimi — who grew up in a Conservative Jewish home in Detroit....}}</ref> He is a son of merchants Celia Barbara (née Abrams) and Leonard Ronald Raimi.<ref name=FilmRef>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/52/Sam-Raimi.html|title=Sam Raimi Biography (1959-)|publisher=Filmreference.com|access-date=March 19, 2012}} Source notes Raimi born "in Royal Oak (some sources cite Franklin), MI."</ref> His ancestors were Jewish immigrants from Russia and Hungary.<ref name=JewishJournal-March2012>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8479|date=April 25, 2002|title=Spider-Mensch: The Jewish roots of director Sam Raimi and 'Spider-Man'|first=Michael|last=Aushenker|magazine=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]]|access-date=March 19, 2012|archive-date=December 8, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208200305/http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/spidermensch_20020426|url-status=dead|quote=He was raised by parents of Russian and Hungarian Jewish descent in a Conservative Jewish home that included older brother Ivan, now a screenwriter and physician; younger brother Ted, an actor, and older sister, Andrea.}}</ref> His younger brother [[Ted Raimi|Ted]] is an actor,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/23/Ted-Raimi.html|title=Ted Raimi Biography (1965-)|publisher=Filmreference.com|access-date=March 19, 2012}}</ref> and his older brother [[Ivan Raimi|Ivan]] is a screenwriter and physician.<ref name=JewishJournal-March2012 /> His older sister, Andrea Raimi Rubin, is a court reporter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Made In Michigan|first=Jackie|last= Headapohl|url=https://thejewishnews.com/2013/03/07/made-in-michigan/|newspaper=[[The Jewish News (Detroit)|The Jewish News]]|location=Detroit, Michigan|date=March 7, 2013|archive-date= November 1, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191101205732/https://thejewishnews.com/2013/03/07/made-in-michigan/|url-status=live}}</ref> Another older brother, Sander, died at 15 in an accidental drowning in [[Israel]]; Raimi has said that the trauma knitted the remaining family closer together and "colored everything he's done for the rest of his life".<ref>{{cite news|title=Sam Raimi: Man behind the mask|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/sam-raimi-man-behind-the-mask-47495.html|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|location=UK |date=July 15, 2004|access-date=November 23, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170806021536/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/sam-raimi-man-behind-the-mask-47495.html|url-status=live|quote=Led by their father, who ran a furniture store, and mother, who owned a lingerie shop, the family became very close after Raimi's elder brother Sander drowned in a swimming pool at the age of 15. Raimi has said of that trauma: 'It colours everything you do for the rest of your life.'}}</ref> Raimi also mentioned that Sander first introduced him to ''[[Spider-Man]]'', igniting his love for comics.<ref name=":0" />

Raimi graduated from [[Groves High School (Michigan)|Groves High School]]<ref name="macomb">{{cite web|url=http://shelby-utica.patch.com/articles/macomb-co-native-helps-organize-charity-premiere-of-oz-the-great-and-powerful|title=Macomb Co. Native Helps Organize Charity Premiere of 'Oz: The Great and Powerful'|first=Laura|last=Houser|date=February 16, 2013|publisher=Utica.Patch.com|access-date=February 17, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130317013628/http://shelby-utica.patch.com/articles/macomb-co-native-helps-organize-charity-premiere-of-oz-the-great-and-powerful|archive-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> and later went on to attend [[Michigan State University]] and later [[Bocconi University|Università Bocconi]] in [[Milan]], Italy,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://filmstudies.msu.edu/about/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Film Studies Program |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://alumni.msu.edu/stay-informed/magazine/article.cfm?id=506|title=Feature: Spartans in Hollywood|publisher=[[Bocconi University|Università Bocconi]]|first= Robert|last=Bao|date=April 1, 1999|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201112034724/https://alumni.msu.edu/stay-informed/alumni-stories/feature-spartans-in-hollywood|url-status=live}}</ref> where he studied English but left after three semesters to film ''[[The Evil Dead]]''.