Scott Spiegel

About

Scott Spiegel (December 10, 1957 – August 20, 2025) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actor. He is best known for co-writing the screenplay for the movie 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. When Spiegel first moved to Los Angeles, he shared a house in with directors Raimi and Joel Coen, producer 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. Spiegel grew up in what was then "rural" Birmingham, Michigan. He...

Known for

Spider-ManMovie • 2002HostelMovie • 2006Pulp FictionMovie • 1994Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessMovie • 2022The Quick and the DeadMovie • 1995The Evil DeadMovie • 1983Drag Me to HellMovie • 2009Evil Dead IIMovie • 1987Spider-Man 2Movie • 2004Hostel: Part IIMovie • 2007LionheartMovie • 1990Hostel: Part IIIMovie • 2011The RookieMovie • 1990From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood MoneyMovie • 1999DarkmanMovie • 19902001 ManiacsMovie • 2005IntruderMovie • 1989Babysitter WantedMovie • 2007My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise AdventureMovie • 2004The Dead Next DoorMovie • 1989Within the WoodsMovie • 1979RedMovie • 1993Thou Shalt Not Kill... ExceptMovie • 1985Skinned AliveMovie • 1990