Sam Esmail
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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20Credits6 TV · 14 films
2002–2027Years activefirst to latest
9.5 Highest ratedDeep Down in Florida
7.0 Average ratingacross 15 titles
Top TV shows 6best Sam Esmail shows
- 1
Mr. RobotMan on Train (uncredited) · 1 ep · 2015 - 2
HomecomingDirector · Creator · 17 eps · 2018 - 3
GaslitExecutive Producer · 8 eps · 2022 - 4
BriarpatchExecutive Producer · 10 eps · 2020 - 5
The ResortExecutive Producer · 8 eps · 2022 - 6
AngelyneExecutive Producer · 5 eps · 2022
Top movies 14best Sam Esmail movies
- 1
Deep Down in FloridaDirector · 2004 - 2
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-ComedyEditor · 2006 - 3
The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas SpecialProducer · 2002 - 4
BackroomsThanks · 2026 - 5
The Careful Massacre of the BourgeoisieWriter · Executive Producer · 2016 - 6
CometDirector · Writer · 2014 - 7
RiskExecutive Producer · 2017 - 8
Leave the World BehindCapt. Esmail (uncredited) · 2023 - 9
MockingbirdStory · 2014 - 10
Panic CarefullyDirector · Screenplay · 2027 - 11The HoleProducer
- 12FamousProducer
- 13Astronaut DownProducer
- 14TesseractDirector · Screenplay
