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Sam Esmail
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Sam Esmail

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1977Born, Hoboken
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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,…

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Known for

Mr. RobotMan on Train (uncredited)
BackroomsThanks
Leave the World BehindCapt. Esmail (uncredited)
CometDirector
HomecomingExecutive Producer

Filmography

AllActingDirectingWritingProducing
2027Panic CarefullyDirector · Producer · ScreenplayMovie
2027The HoleProducerMovie
2026BackroomsThanksMovie
2023Leave the World BehindCapt. Esmail (uncredited) · Screenplay · Director · ProducerMovie
2022The ResortExecutive Producer · 8 episodesShow
2022AngelyneExecutive Producer · 5 episodesShow
2022GaslitExecutive Producer · 8 episodesShow
2020BriarpatchExecutive Producer · 10 episodesShow
2018HomecomingExecutive Producer · 17 episodes · Director · 6 episodes · CreatorShow
2017RiskExecutive ProducerMovie
2016The Careful Massacre of the BourgeoisieExecutive Producer · WriterMovie
2015Mr. RobotMan on Train (uncredited), Man in Mirror (uncredited), Inmate (uncredited), Customer (uncredited), Henchman (uncredited) · 2 episodes · Executive Producer · 45 episodes · Writer · 24 episodes · Director · 38 episodes · CreatorShow
2014CometDirector · WriterMovie
2014MockingbirdStoryMovie
2006Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-ComedyEditorMovie
2004Deep Down in FloridaDirectorMovie
2002The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas SpecialProducerMovie

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