Scott Spiegel
Biography
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 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 and it is from this market that Scott would later draw upon the memories to come up with classic scenes that would eventually be worked into many of the scenes of the movies he would either write or direct. In 1999, Spiegel directed the direct-to-video sequel to From Dusk Till Dawn, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Spiegel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Spider-Man
2002
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
The Evil Dead
1983
Spider-Man 2
2004
Drag Me to Hell
2009
Evil Dead II
1987
The Quick and the Dead
1995
Lionheart
1990
Nude Bowling Party
1995
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988
QT8: The First Eight
2019
Darkman
1990
Filmography
Spider-Man
as Marine Cop · 2002
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Soul of the Damned (voice) · 2022
The Evil Dead
as Fake Shemp · 1983
Spider-Man 2
as Man on Balcony · 2004
Drag Me to Hell
as Mourner at Death Feast · 2009
Evil Dead II
as Fake Shemp · 1987
The Quick and the Dead
as Gold Teeth Man · 1995
Lionheart
as Pool Fight Bookie · 1990
Nude Bowling Party
as Joe Pornofsky · 1995
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
as Self · 1988
QT8: The First Eight
as Self · 2019
Darkman
as Dockworker · 1990
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
as Porno Director · 1999
2001 Maniacs
as Strolling Minstrel #2 · 2005
Babysitter Wanted
as Dr. Spiegel · 2007
Intruder
as Bread Man · 1989
The Dead Next Door
as Richards · 1989
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
as Self · 2002
The Girl I Want
as Guy 2 · 1990
Where Truth Lies
as Prison Guard · 1996
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
as Pin Cushion · 1985
Skinned Alive
as Phink · 1990
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever
as Self · 2012
Dark Ascension
as Man in Hell
Red
as The caller · 1993
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
as Himself · 1992
The Cult of Ichi
as Self · 2007
Within the Woods
as Scotty · 1979
James Bombed in "Here Today... Gun Tomorrow"
· 1976
Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder
as Self · 2011
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare
as Self · 2009
Shock Cinema: Volume One
as Himself · 1991
Swallowed Souls: The Making of 'Evil Dead 2'
as Self · 2011
The Blind Waiter
· 1980
Hatred Of A Minute
as Bored Party Guest · 2002
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist
as Self · 2014
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter
· 1982
Stryker's War
as Marine · 1980
Acting and Reacting
· 1978
Robot Ninja
as Marty Coleslaw · 1989
Oedipus Rex
· 1972
Curse of the Werewolf
· 1974
The James Hoffa Story
· 1975
The Case of the Topanga Pearl
· 1976
Tube Bar 35th Anniversary Collection
as The caller
I'll Never Heil Again
· 1975
Torro. Torro. Torro!
· 1981
The Sappy Sap
as Man · 1985
The Final Round
as Manager · 1977
Wild Malibu Weekend!
as Make-Up Shemp #1 · 1995
No Dough Boys
· 1974
Half-Wits-Holiday
· 1974
A Night in a Sanitarium
· 1973
The Singing Nutzs
· 1974
Inspector Clutz Saves the Day
as Igor the Monster · 1969