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Sam Esmail

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn September 17, 1977 (48 years)
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

  • Mr. Robot
  • Leave the World Behind
  • Comet
  • The Resort

Sam Esmail Filmography

2023
2022
The Resort (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2022
Angelyne (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2022
Gaslit (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2019
Briarpatch (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2018
Homecoming (2018) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2016
Risk · as Executive Producer
2016
2015
Mr. Robot (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

2023
Leave the World Behind · as Capt. Esmail (uncredited)
2016
Mr. Robot Virtual Reality Experience · as Man On Bench (uncredited)
2015
Mr. Robot (TV Series) · as Man In Mirror (uncredited)

2016
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2016
2016
73rd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner
2015
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1944
Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee

2018
Homecoming (2018) (TV Series) · as Created By
2014
Mockingbird · as Story

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