ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
SAM RAIMI (Director/Screen Story/Screenplay) returns to helm a third adventure with one of the world's most popular comic book superheroes in Spider-Man 3 after directing the first two blockbuster adventures, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. 
Raimi previously directed the supernatural thriller The Gift starring Cate Blanchett, Hilary Swank, Keanu Reeves, Greg Kinnear, and Giovanni Ribisi.   Raimi also directed the acclaimed suspense thriller A Simple Plan, which starred Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda, and earned Thornton an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.  Additional directorial credits include the baseball homage For Love of the Game starring Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston.
With his longtime producing partner Rob Tapert, Raimi returned to his horror roots in 2002, forming Ghost House Pictures. Ghost House is dedicated to the financing, development, and distribution of high concept genre films.  Their next release is David Slade's 30 Days of Night, based on the comic book by Steve Niles.
Known for his imaginative filmmaking style, richly drawn characters and offbeat humor, Raimi wrote and directed the cult classic The Evil Dead, which became an immediate favorite when it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and spawned the equally impressive Evil Dead II.
Raimi then proved his mastery of the fantasy thriller genre, writing and directing Darkman starring Liam Neeson and Frances McDormand, which he followed up with Army of Darkness, a comic sword-and-sorcery fantasy starring Bruce Campbell.  Raimi also served as executive producer for John Woo's Hard Target, and co-wrote (with Joel and Ethan Coen) The Hudsucker Proxy starring Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Raimi also directed the western The Quick and the Dead starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone, Russell Crowe, and Gene Hackman.
Raimi's extensive television work includes the hit syndicated series "Xena:  Warrior Princess," which he executive produced with Tapert. The highly successful series starring Lucy Lawless ran for six seasons.  Raimi and Tapert also executive produced the enormously popular "Hercules: Legendary Journeys" and served as executive producers for the CBS series "American Gothic."
Raimi's interest in filmmaking began as a youngster in Michigan, where he directed his own Super 8 films.  Later, he left Michigan State University to form Renaissance Pictures with Tapert and longtime friend and actor Bruce Campbell.

IVAN RAIMI (Screen Story/Screenplay) is a screenwriter and physician. In addition to Spider-Man 3, Raimi has collaborated with his brother, director Sam Raimi, on many writing projects, including the classic comic sword-and-sorcery fantasy Army of Darkness, starring Bruce Campbell.  Ivan co-wrote the screenplay for Army of Darkness with Sam, who directed the film. He also co-wrote the comic-book adaptation of Army of Darkness for Dark Horse comics.  Raimi's credits also include the screenplay for the horror thriller Darkman, starring Liam Neeson and Frances McDormand and directed by Sam Raimi. He also co-wrote the motorcycle comedy, Easy Wheels.  Raimi was one of the creators on the 1997 ABC series "Spy Game," which starred Patrick Macnee.
Raimi currently lives in the Midwest, where he practices Emergency Medicine and also works as a private investigator.

ALVIN SARGENT (Screenplay) is a two-time Academy Award winner for his screenplays for Julia and Ordinary People and an Academy Award nominee for Paper Moon. He has won three Writers Guild Awards (for Julia, Ordinary People, and Paper Moon), a BAFTA award for Julia and, in 1991, received the Writers Guild Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.  Sargent most recently wrote the screenplay for the blockbuster hit Spider-Man 2 directed by Sam Raimi.
Sargent wrote the script for Unfaithful starring Diane Lane.  His other films include Anywhere But Here, Other People's Money, White Palace, Dominick and Eugene, Nuts, Straight Time, Bobby Deerfield, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, I Walk the Line, The Sterile Cuckoo, The Stalking Moon, and Gambit.

STAN LEE (Based on the Marvel Comic Book/Executive Producer), the chairman emeritus of Marvel Comics, is known to millions as the man whose Super Heroes propelled Marvel to its preeminent position in the comic-book industry. Hundreds of legendary characters, including Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil, The Avengers, The Silver Surfer, Thor and Dr. Strange, all grew out of his fertile imagination.
Lee served as executive producer for Columbia's worldwide blockbusters Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.  
Lee most recently executive produced the global hit Ghost Rider, which has, to date, taken in over $200 million worldwide.  Lee also executive produced X-Men: The Last Stand, after executive producing the first two smash X-Men films.  He also served as executive producer of Fantastic Four, Hulk, Elektra, Daredevil, and the Blade trilogy. Next, Lee will executive produce Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
It was in the early 1960s that Lee ushered in what has come to be known as "The Marvel Age of Comics," creating major new Super Heroes while breathing life and style into such old favorites as Captain America, The Human Torch and The Sub Mariner.
During his first 25 years at Marvel, as editor, art director and head writer, Lee scripted no fewer than two and as many as five complete comic books per week.  His prodigious output may comprise the largest body of published work by any single writer. Additionally, he wrote newspaper features, radio and television scripts and screenplays.
By the time he was named publisher of Marvel Comics in 1972, Lee's comics were the nation's biggest sellers. In 1977, he brought the Spider-Man character to newspapers in the form of a syndicated strip. This seven-days-a-week feature, which he has written and edited since its inception, is the most successful of all syndicated adventure strips, appearing in more than 500 newspapers worldwide.
In 1981, Marvel launched an animation studio on the West Coast and Lee moved to Los Angeles to become creative head of Marvel's cinematic adventures. He began to transform his Spider-Man and Hulk creations into Saturday morning television and paved the way for Marvel's entry into live-action feature films.
Under the umbrella of his new company POW! (Purveyors of Wonder!) Entertainment, Inc., Lee is creating and executive producing an animated "Stan Lee Presents" DVD series, with the first three slated for release this year: "Mosaic" (January '07), "The Condor" (March '07) and "Ringo" (with Ringo Starr). Lee's television credits with POW!  include serving as executive producer and star on NBC SCI FI's hit reality series "Who Wants To Be a Superhero?,"  and as co-producer and creator of "Stripperella" on the Spike cable channel, in addition to previously executive producing "Nick Fury:  Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., "The Incredible Hulk," "Spider-Man" and "X-Men."
Lee has written more than a dozen best-selling books, including Stan Lee's Superhero Christmas, The Origins of Marvel Comics, The Best of the Worst, The Silver Surfer, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, The Alien Factor, Bring on the Bad Guys, Riftworld, The Superhero Women and his recent autobiography Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee.

STEVE DITKO (Based on the Marvel Comic by) was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on November 2, 1927. He studied at the famous Cartoonists and Illustrators School in New York City, landing his first professional break in comic books in 1953. Amongst his influences were Mort Meskin, Jerry Robinson, Burne Hogarth, and Jack Kirby.
In a career lasting more than 45 years, Ditko has worked on titles such as The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Doctor Strange, Tales of the Mysterious Traveler, Captain Atom, The Question, Mr. A, The Creeper, The Hawk and the Dove, Shade the Changing Man, Static and numerous others.
Ditko lives in New York City, and continues to be prolific in his craft.

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