Sam Esmail
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Sam Esmail

Sep 17, 1977 - Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Sam Esmail (born September 17, 1977) is an American film and television producer, director, and screenwriter who runs Esmail Corp. He is best known as the creator, writer, and director of the award-winning USA Network television series Mr. Robot (2015–2019), starring Rami Malek. He wrote and directed the feature films Comet (2014) and Leave the World Behind (2023). He produced and directed the first season of the acclaimed Amazon Prime Video psychological thriller Homecoming (2018–2020), starring Julia Roberts and Janelle Monáe, and produced USA's Briarpatch (2020), Starz's Gaslit (2022), and Peacock's Angelyne (2022) and The Resort (2022).

Esmail's work often centres on alienation, technology, and American society.

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Media
Movie2023Leave the World BehindCapt. Esmail (uncredited)
Movie2016Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.docSelf - Creator Mr. Robot
TV Show2015Mr. RobotMan on Train (uncredited)1
TV Show2015Mr. RobotMan in Mirror (uncredited)2
TV Show2015Mr. RobotInmate (uncredited)1
TV Show2015Mr. RobotCustomer (uncredited)1
TV Show2015Mr. RobotHenchman (uncredited)1
TV Show1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee1
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf1
TV Show2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf2

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Movie2014CometDirectorDirecting
Movie2016The Careful Massacre of the BourgeoisieExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2016The Careful Massacre of the BourgeoisieWriterWriting
Movie2014CometWriterWriting
Movie2014MockingbirdStoryWriting
MovieN/AFamousProducerProduction
Movie2006Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-ComedyEditorEditing
Movie2017RiskExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2023Leave the World BehindScreenplayWriting
Movie2023Leave the World BehindProducerProduction
Movie2023Leave the World BehindDirectorDirecting
Movie2004Deep Down in FloridaDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AThe HoleProducerProduction
MovieN/APanic CarefullyDirectorDirecting
MovieN/APanic CarefullyProducerProduction
MovieN/APanic CarefullyScreenplayWriting
TV Show2015Mr. RobotExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2015Mr. RobotWriterWriting
TV Show2015Mr. RobotDirectorDirecting
TV Show2018HomecomingExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2018HomecomingDirectorDirecting
TV Show2020BriarpatchExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2022AngelyneExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2022GaslitExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2022The ResortExecutive ProducerProduction
TV ShowN/AMetropolisDirectorDirecting
TV ShowN/AMetropolisWriterWriting
TV ShowN/AMetropolisExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2015Mr. RobotCreatorCreator
TV Show2018HomecomingCreatorCreator