Rainmaker or The Rainmaker may refer to: * A practitioner of

rainmaking Rainmaking, also known as artificial precipitation, artificial rainfall and pluviculture, is the act of attempting to artificially induce or increase precipitation, usually to stave off drought or the wider global warming. According to the cloud ...

* A practitioner of

rainmaking (ritual) Rainmaking is a weather modification ritual that attempts to invoke rain. Among the best known examples of weather modification rituals are North American rain dances, historically performed by many Native American tribes, particularly in the ...

Characters

* The Rainmaker, a mysterious character in the film ''

Looper Looper may refer to: Animals * Cabbage looper (''Trichoplusia ni''), a member of the moth family Noctuidae * Inchworm, of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies People * Looper (surname), a Dutch-language surname with the mean ...

'' * Sarah Rainmaker, a fictional character from the ''

Gen¹³ ''Gen¹³'' is a superhero team and comic book series originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. It was published by WildStorm under the Image Comics banner, which went on to become an imprint for DC ...

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Film and television

* ''The Rainmaker'' (1926 film), a lost American silent film * ''The Rainmaker'' (play), by N. Richard Nash ** ''The Rainmaker'' (1956 film), starring Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn ** ''The Rainmaker'',

John Frankenheimer John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films. Among his credits were ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), '' The Manchurian Candidate'' ( ...

's 1982 television film * ''The Rainmaker'' (novel), a novel by John Grisham ** ''The Rainmaker'' (1997 film), starring Matt Damon and Danny DeVito

Music

Albums

* ''Rainmaker'' (Fair Warning album) (1995) * ''Rainmaker'' (Kevin Moore album) (1980), and the title song * ''Rainmaker'' (YFriday album) (1999), and the title song * ''The Rainmaker'' (album) (2001), by The Flower Kings * ''Rainmaker'', a 1969 album by Michael Chapman

Songs

* "Rainmaker" (Emmelie de Forest song) (2014) * "Rainmaker" (Iron Maiden song) (2003) * "Rainmaker", by Harry Nilsson and Bill Martin from the 1969 album ''

Harry Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...

'' * "Rainmaker", by Kansas from the 1988 album ''

In the Spirit of Things ''In the Spirit of Things'' is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). It is a very loosely organized concept album, telling the story of a flood hitting the real Kansas city of Neosho Falls ...

'' * "Rainmaker", by The Partridge Family from the 2001 album ''

Sound Magazine ''The Partridge Family Sound Magazine'' is the third studio album by TV-linked pop project The Partridge Family. Released in August 1971 ahead of the start of the second season of the US TV series, it was their third hit album in ten months. In ...

'' * "Rainmaker", by Preston Reed from the 1996 album '' Ladies Night'' * "Rainmaker", by Sleigh Bells from the 2017 EP ''

Kid Kruschev ''Kid Kruschev'' is an EP (referred to as a "mini-album") by American noise pop duo Sleigh Bells. It was released on November 10, 2017 through Torn Clean. The mini-album was preceded by the lead single "And Saints", released on October 10, and t ...

'' * "Rainmaker", by Sparklehorse from the 1996 album ''

Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot ''Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot'' is the debut studio album by American indie rock outfit Sparklehorse, released in August 1995 by record label Capitol. The album was largely recorded with musicians from Cracker, for which Mark Linkous w ...

'' * "Rainmaker", by Spear of Destiny from the 1984 album '' One Eyed Jacks'' * "Rainmaker", by Traffic from the 1971 album ''

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys ''The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys'' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Traffic, released in 1971. The album was Traffic's most successful in the United States, reaching number 7 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart and becoming the ...

'' * "Rainmaker", by Vanden Plas from the 1997 album ''

The God Thing ''The God Thing'' is the second full-length studio album by the German progressive metal band Vanden Plas. It was later re-released in 2004 as a special edition with two bonus tracks. Track listing Personnel * Andy Kuntz – vocals * Stephan ...

'' * "Rainmaker", by Wellington Womble of The Wombles (1976) * "Rainmaker", by Yanni from the 2003 album '' Ethnicity'' * "Mr. Rainmaker", by Warrant from the 1990 album '' Cherry Pie''

People

Boyd Melson Boyd "Rainmaker" Melson (born October 16, 1981) is a retired American light middleweight boxer. As an amateur, Melson won the 48th World Military Boxing Championship gold medal in the weight class, and was a three-time United States Army ch ...

(born 1981), American boxer * Rainmaker, ring name of Japanese professional wrestler

Kazuchika Okada (born November 8, 1987) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Okada is a five-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion where his fourth reign with the championship is the longest in history at 720 days. He also h ...

Other uses

Rainmaker (business) In business, a rainmaker is a person who brings in new business and wins new accounts almost by magic, since it is often not readily apparent how this new business activity is caused. It means generating substantial new business or additional cash ...

, a person who brings in much new business and/or accounts *

Rainmaker Digital Effects Rainmaker was a visual effects and post-production company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with an office in Los Angeles, California, United States, which contributed to the final works for feature films, television shows, commercials and vi ...

, a digital effects studio * ''The Rainmaker: a Passion for Politics'', a political memoir by Keith Davey * Rainmaker, a recurring mode in the ''

Splatoon is a third-person shooter video game franchise created by Hisashi Nogami, and developed and owned by Nintendo. Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth inhabited by anthropomorphic marine animals, the series centers around fictional cephalopods known ...

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