Director Sam Raimi, recipient of Comic-Con International's Inkpot Award, during a surprise appearance during Comic-Con International 2014 at San Diego Convention Center on July 25, 2014 in San Diego, California.

Sam Raimi, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis, Joe Roth, Zach Braff, Bruce Campbell, James Franco, Abigail Spencer, Michelle Williams, and Joey King at an event for Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Sam Raimi and Gillian Greene at an event for Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Sam Raimi, Mila Kunis, and Michelle Williams at an event for Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Sam Raimi at an event for Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Sam Raimi and Michelle Williams at an event for Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Sam Raimi at an event for Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Sam Raimi and Melissa George at an event for 30 Days of Night (2007)

Producer Sam Raimi talks up 30 Days of Night

Sam Raimi, Topher Grace, and Bryce Dallas Howard at an event for Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Sam Raimi at an event for Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Sam Raimi in The Quick and the Dead (1995)

Kevin Costner and Sam Raimi in For Love of the Game (1999)

Diane Lane, Bill Paxton, Alan Arkin, Sam Raimi, Julie Warner, Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Pollak, Vincent Spano, Matt Craven, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley in Indian Summer (1993)

Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Rob Tapert in Ash vs Evil Dead (2015)

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME

From left to right: Rick Reed, Sam Raimi, John C Reilly, Michael Papajohn

Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell in Ash vs Evil Dead (2015)

Sam Raimi, Ray Santiago, and Dana DeLorenzo in Ash vs Evil Dead (2015)

Kirsten Dunst, Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, Thomas Haden Church, Avi Arad, James Franco, Topher Grace, and Rosemary Harris at an event for Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Tobey Maguire, Sam Raimi and  Kirsten Dunst at the UK premiere of Spider-Man  3.

Sam Raimi, James Franco, and Amy Pascal at an event for Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire at an event for Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, and Rosemary Harris at an event for Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Sam Raimi at an event for Spider-Man 2 (2004)