Sam Esmail

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1977-09-17 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Sam Esmail

Biography

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). ...

Acting

2023

Leave the World Behind

as Capt. Esmail (uncredited)

2016

Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc

as Self - Creator Mr. Robot

Production

2014

Comet

as Director

2014

Comet

as Writer

2014

Mockingbird

as Story

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Famous

as Producer

2017

Risk

as Executive Producer

2023

2023

2023

2004

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The Hole

as Producer

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Panic Carefully

as Director

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Panic Carefully

as Producer

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Panic Carefully

as Screenplay

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