Scott Spiegel | |
Birth Date: | 24 December 1957 |
Birth Place: | Birmingham, Michigan, U.S. |
Occupation: | Screenwriter, film director, producer, actor |
Years Active: | 1977–present |
Scott Spiegel (born December 10, 1957) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actor.[1] He co-wrote the screenplay for Evil Dead II with longtime friend, film director Sam Raimi, with whom he attended Wylie E. Groves High School in Birmingham, Michigan. Spiegel played the role of Scotty in Raimi's Within the Woods, which served as a precursor to The Evil Dead, where Spiegel was replaced by Richard DeManincor (Hal Delrich).
Spiegel grew up in Birmingham, Michigan. He attended Walnut Lake Elementary school and then went on to attend West Maple Jr. High School. It was here that Scott met Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. Spiegel worked at the local grocery market across from Walnut Lake Elementary School.
When Spiegel first moved to Los Angeles, he shared a house with film directors Raimi, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen and actresses Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand and Kathy Bates. He shared yet another house with roommate and film editor Bob Murawski (Spider-Man). In the early 1990s, he introduced film director Quentin Tarantino to producer Lawrence Bender, who helped Tarantino get Reservoir Dogs made.
In 1999, Spiegel directed the direct-to-video sequel . Spiegel formed the production company Raw Nerve with film directors Eli Roth, and Boaz Yakin. Raw Nerve produced the film Hostel (2005), directed by Roth.
He was also the executive producer of the film Cain Hill, which was released in 2017 and starring Gemma Atkinson, Michael Parr and Tony Cook.
Year | Film | Director | (Executive) Producer | Writer | Actor | Role | Notes | |
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1977 | It's Murder! | Detective | Short film | |||||
1978 | Clockwork | The Killer | ||||||
Within the Woods | Scotty | |||||||
1979 | Attack of the Helping Hand | |||||||
1980 | The Blind Waiter | Chef | ||||||
1982 | Native | |||||||
1985 | Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except | Pin Cushion | ||||||
1987 | Evil Dead II | |||||||
1989 | The Dead Next Door | Richards | ||||||
Intruder | Bread Man | |||||||
Robot Ninja[2] | ||||||||
1990 | The Rookie | |||||||
Lionheart | Pool Fight Bookie | |||||||
Darkman | Dockworker #5 | |||||||
1992 | The Nutt House | Credited as Peter Perkinson | ||||||
1995 | The Quick and the Dead | Gold Teeth Man | ||||||
1999 | ||||||||
2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Rooftop Pizza Thief | ||||||
My Name Is Modesty | Direct-to-DVD | |||||||
2005 | 2001 Maniacs | |||||||
Hostel | ||||||||
2007 | ||||||||
2009 | Drag Me to Hell | Mourner at Death Feast | ||||||
2011 | Direct to DVD | |||||||
2017 | Dark Ascension | |||||||
2019 | Himself | Documentary | ||||||
2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Souls of the Damned | Voice | |||||
TBA | The Temple | Yet to be released | ||||||
TBA | Spring Break '83 | Yet to be released |
Attack of the Helping Hand | The Blind Waiter | Intruder | The Nutt House | From Dusk Till Dawn 2 | My Name Is Modesty | Hostel: Part III | |
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Bruce Campbell | |||||||
Raymond Cruz | |||||||
Barry Livingston | |||||||
Sam Raimi | |||||||
Emil Sitka | |||||||