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Sam Esmail
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 dir…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Esmail, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2027
Panic Carefully
Movie Director
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2026
Backrooms
Movie Thanks
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2023
Leave the World Behind
Movie Capt. Esmail (uncredited)
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2022
The Resort
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
Angelyne
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
Gaslit
TV show Executive Producer
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2020
Briarpatch
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
Homecoming
TV show Director
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2017
Risk
Movie Executive Producer
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2016
The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie
Movie Executive Producer
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2016
Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc
Movie Self - Creator Mr. Robot
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2015
Mr. Robot
TV show Man on Train (uncredited)
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2014
Comet
Movie Director
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2014
Mockingbird
Movie Story
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
More credits
- 2006
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2004
Deep Down in Florida
Movie Director
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2002
The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special
Movie Producer
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1944
Golden Globe Awards
TV show Self - Nominee
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Famous
Movie Producer
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Astronaut Down
Movie Producer
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Tesseract
Movie Screenplay
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The Hole
Movie Producer
