Scott Spiegel

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).

Scott Spiegel
Born	(1957-12-24) December 24, 1957 (age 67) Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, film director, producer, actor
Years active	1977–present

Early life

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.

Career

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 From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money. 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.

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	(Executive) Producer	Writer	Actor	Role	Notes
1977	It's Murder!		N	N	N	Detective	Short film
1978	Clockwork				N	The Killer
	Within the Woods				N	Scotty
1979	Attack of the Helping Hand	N	N	N
1980	The Blind Waiter	N	N	N	N	Chef
1982	Cleveland Smith: Bounty Hunter		N	N	N	Native
1985	Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except		N	N	N	Pin Cushion
1987	Evil Dead II			N
1989	The Dead Next Door				N	Richards
	Intruder	N		N	N	Bread Man
	Robot Ninja[2]				N
1990	The Rookie			N
	Lionheart				N	Pool Fight Bookie
	Darkman					Dockworker #5
1992	The Nutt House	N		N			Credited as Peter Perkinson
1995	The Quick and the Dead				N	Gold Teeth Man
1999	From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money	N		N
2004	Spider-Man 2				N	Rooftop Pizza Thief
	My Name Is Modesty	N					Direct-to-DVD
2005	2001 Maniacs		N
	Hostel		N
2007	Hostel: Part II		N
2009	Drag Me to Hell				N	Mourner at Death Feast
2011	Hostel: Part III	N	N				Direct to DVD
2017	Dark Ascension		N
2019	QT8: The First Eight				N	Himself	Documentary
2022	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness				N	Souls of the Damned	Voice
TBA	The Temple	N					Yet to be released
TBA	Spring Break '83	N					Yet to be released

Collaborations

	Attack of the Helping Hand	The Blind Waiter	Intruder	The Nutt House	From Dusk Till Dawn 2	My Name Is Modesty	Hostel: Part III
Bruce Campbell	N	N	N		N
Raymond Cruz					N	N
Barry Livingston				N			N
Sam Raimi	N	N	N
Emil Sitka			N	N