Renaissance Pictures

Renaissance Pictures is an American film production company. Founded by director Sam Raimi, producer Rob Tapert and actor Bruce Campbell, with help from publicist Irvin Shapiro, on August 10, 1979(33 years ago), to produce their film The Evil Dead, along with its sequels Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness.

Renaissance has produced a large number of films involving the three founders, as well as those made by other entertainment professionals connected with them, including the Joel and Ethan Coen written Crimewave and Josh Becker's Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except. Later efforts include big budget action films such as Darkman (also direced by Raimi), Hard Target and Timecop, the television series' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, both of which featured Campbell in various capacities, as well as Raimi's brother Ted as recurring character Joxer. Raimi and Tapert now produce horror films, including Raimi's own Drag Me to Hell, through Ghost House Pictures.

Logo

The first logo featured the sun over the earth. The second logo featured a splitting image.

Filmography

• 1981 The Evil Dead
• 1985 Crimewave
• 1985 Stryker's War
• 1987 Evil Dead II
• 1990 Darkman
• 1991 Lunatics: A Love Story
• 1992 Army of Darkness
• 1993 Hard Target
• 1994 Darkman II: The Return of Durant direct to video
• 1994 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Amazon Women TV movie
• 1994 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Lost Kingdom TV movie
• 1994 M.A.N.T.I.S. TV series
• 1994 Timecop
• 1994 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Circle of Fire TV movie
• 1994 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur TV movie
• 1995-99 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys TV series
• 1995-2001 Xena: Warrior Princess TV series
• 1995-96 American Gothic TV series
• 1996 Darkman III: Die Darkman Die direct to video
• 1998 Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus direct to video
• 1998-99 Young Hercules TV series & direct to video
• 2000 Jack of All Trades TV series
• 2000-01 Cleopatra 2525 TV series
• 2002 Xena: Warrior Princess - A Friend in Need direct to video director's cut
• 2004 The Grudge
• 2008–2010 Legend of the Seeker TV series

References

• Warren, Bill. The Evil Dead Companion, ISBN 0-312-27501-3.
• Renaissance Pictures at the Internet Movie Database