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, to produce their film The Evil Dead, which, along with its sequels Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness, are the group's best known efforts.

Renaissance has produced a large amount of the films that involved 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 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 fan-favorite character Joxer.

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Motion pictures	The Evil Dead (1981) · Crimewave (1985) · Stryker's War (1985) · Evil Dead II (1987) · Darkman (1990) · Lunatics: A Love Story (1991) · Army of Darkness (1992) · Hard Target (1993) · Timecop (1994) · The Grudge (2004)

T.V. movies	Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994) · Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994) · Hercules and the Circle of Fire (1994) · Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (1994)

T.V. series	M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994) · Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995-99) · Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001) · American Gothic (1995-96) · Young Hercules (1998-99) Jack of All Trades (2000) · Cleopatra 2525 (2000-01) · Mad Jack's Great Chase Through Time (2004)

Direct to video/DVD	Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1994) · Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996) · Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (1998) · Young Hercules (1998) · Xena: Warrior Princess - A Friend in Need (2002)