Known For
Directing
Known Credits
10
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 17, 1977 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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| 2027 | Panic Carefully...Director | |
| 2023 | Leave the World Behind...Director | |
| 2018 | Homecoming...Director | |
| 2015 | Mr. Robot...Director | |
| 2014 | Comet...Director | |
| 2004 | Deep Down in Florida...Director | |
| Tesseract...Director |
| 2027 | Panic Carefully...Producer | |
| 2023 | Leave the World Behind...Producer | |
| 2022 | The Resort...Executive Producer | |
| 2022 | Angelyne...Executive Producer | |
| 2022 | Gaslit...Executive Producer | |
| 2020 | Briarpatch...Executive Producer | |
| 2018 | Homecoming...Executive Producer | |
| 2017 | Risk...Executive Producer | |
| 2016 | The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie...Executive Producer | |
| 2015 | Mr. Robot...Executive Producer | |
| 2002 | The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special...Producer | |
| Famous...Producer | ||
| The Hole...Producer | ||
| Tesseract...Producer | ||
| Astronaut Down...Producer |
| 2027 | Panic Carefully...Screenplay | |
| 2023 | Leave the World Behind...Screenplay | |
| 2016 | The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie...Writer | |
| 2015 | Mr. Robot...Writer | |
| 2014 | Comet...Writer | |
| 2014 | Mockingbird...Story | |
| Tesseract...Screenplay |
| 2026 | Backrooms...Thanks |
| 2018 | Homecoming...Creator | |
| 2015 | Mr. Robot...Creator |
| 2006 | Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy...Editor |
| 2023 | Leave the World Behindas Capt. Esmail (uncredited) | |
| 2016 | Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.docas Self - Creator Mr. Robot | |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporteras Self | |
| 2015 | Mr. Robotas Customer (uncredited) | |
| 2015 | Mr. Robotas Henchman (uncredited) | |
| 2015 | Mr. Robotas Inmate (uncredited) | |
| 2015 | Mr. Robotas Man in Mirror (uncredited) | |
| 2015 | Mr. Robotas Man on Train (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyersas Self | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awardsas Self - Nominee |
