Sam Esmail
Egyptian-American director and writer · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1977 · age 49
Sam Esmail is an American film and television producer, director, and screenwriter who runs the production company 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.
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Leave the World BehindFilm, Director, Writer2022
AngelyneSeries, Producer
GaslitSeries, 2022Producer
The ResortSeries, 2022Producer2020
BriarpatchSeries, Producer2018
HomecomingSeries, Director, Creator2017
RiskFilm, Producer2016
Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.docFilm
The Careful Massacre of the BourgeoisieFilm, 2016Writer, Producer2015
Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeries
Mr. RobotSeries, 2015Director, Writer2014
Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries
CometFilm, 2014Director, Writer
MockingbirdFilm, 2014Writer2004
Deep Down in FloridaFilm, Director2002
The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas SpecialFilm, Producer1977Born17 September 1977People around Sam
Lisa Roberts Gillan Produced Leave the World Behind (2023)
Barack Obama Produced Leave the World Behind (2023)
Michelle Obama Produced Leave the World Behind (2023)
Julia Roberts Sam directed Leave the World Behind (2023)
Rami Malek Sam directed Mr. Robot
Eddie Redmayne Sam directed Panic Carefully (2027)
Kevin Bacon Sam directed Leave the World Behind (2023)
Mahershala Ali Sam directed Leave the World Behind (2023)
Christian Slater Sam produced Mr. Robot
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Wilf Scolding Sam produced Panic Carefully (2027)
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Risk 2017
Comet 2014
Leave the World Behind 2023
Mockingbird 2014
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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 centers on the themes of alienation, technology, and American society.
