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Sam Esmail

Directing · Born September 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Esmail, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Sam Esmail movies and shows

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers2014
  • Golden Globe Awards1944
  • Backrooms2026
  • Mr. Robot2015
  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015
  • Leave the World Behind2023
  • Homecoming2018
  • Gaslit2022
  • Briarpatch2020
  • The Resort2022
  • Angelyne2022
  • Mockingbird2014
  • Panic Carefully2027
  • Comet2014
  • Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc2016
  • The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special2002
  • Famous
  • The Hole2027
  • Risk2017
  • The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie2016
  • Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy2006
  • Deep Down in Florida2004