About

Known credits:
38
Birthday:
1977-09-17
Place of birth:
Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
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Sam Esmail

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2023 Leave the World Behind Actor Capt. Esmail (uncredited) 63
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2016 Mr. Robot Virtual Reality Experience Actor Man on Bench N/A
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2016 Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc Actor Self - Creator Mr. Robot N/A
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2015 Making Mr. Robot Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2023 Leave the World Behind Directing Director 63
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2019 Mr. Robot: "whoami" and "Hello, Elliot" Directing Director 61
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2016 Mr. Robot Virtual Reality Experience Directing Director N/A
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2014 Comet Directing Director 62
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2004 Deep Down in Florida Directing Director 59
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Panic Carefully Directing Director N/A
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Untitled Bermuda Triangle Directing Director N/A
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American Radical Directing Director N/A
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Metropolis Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2023 Leave the World Behind Writing Screenplay 63
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2019 Mr. Robot: "whoami" and "Hello, Elliot" Writing Writer 61
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2016 The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie Writing Writer 58
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2016 Mr. Robot Virtual Reality Experience Writing Writer N/A
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2014 Comet Writing Writer 62
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2014 Mockingbird Writing Story 56
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Untitled Bermuda Triangle Writing Writer N/A
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Panic Carefully Writing Screenplay N/A
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Metropolis Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2023 Leave the World Behind Production Producer 63
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2022 The Resort Production Executive Producer 67
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2022 Angelyne Production Executive Producer 67
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2022 Gaslit Production Executive Producer 69
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2020 Briarpatch Production Executive Producer 69
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2019 Mr. Robot: "whoami" and "Hello, Elliot" Production Executive Producer 61
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2018 Homecoming Production Executive Producer 69
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2017 Risk Production Executive Producer 59
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2016 The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie Production Executive Producer 58
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Famous Production Producer N/A
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The Hole Production Producer N/A
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American Radical Production Producer N/A
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Panic Carefully Production Producer N/A
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Metropolis Production Executive Producer N/A
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Metropolis Production Executive Producer N/A
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Editing
2006 Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy Editing Editor 59
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