Sam Esmail
Known for
Directing
Born
September 17, 1977 (age 49)
Birthplace
Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
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).
Esmail's work often centres on alienation, technol...
Best known work
Mr. Robot
2015
Backrooms
2026
Leave the World Behind
2023
Comet
2014
Homecoming
2018
Mockingbird
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Resort
2022
Gaslit
2022
Risk
2017Filmography
TBA
FamousProducer
TBA
The HoleProducer
TBA
TesseractScreenplay, Director, Producer
TBA
Astronaut DownProducer
2027
Panic CarefullyDirector, Producer, Screenplay
2026
BackroomsThanks
2023
Leave the World Behindas Capt. Esmail (uncredited), Screenplay, Producer, Director
2022
2022
2022
2020
2018
2017
RiskExecutive Producer
2016
The Careful Massacre of the BourgeoisieExecutive Producer, Writer
2016
Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.docas Self - Creator Mr. Robot
2015
2015
Mr. RobotTVas Man on Train (uncredited) (1 episode), as Man in Mirror (uncredited) (2 episodes), as Inmate (uncredited) (1 episode), as Customer (uncredited) (1 episode), as Henchman (uncredited) (1 episode), Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Creator
2014
CometDirector, Writer
2014
MockingbirdStory
2014
2006
2004
Deep Down in FloridaDirector
2002
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