Description
Sam Esmail (born September 17, 1977) 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. He wrote and directed the feature film Comet (2014). He produced, and directed the first season for, 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).
As of 2023, Esmail is attached to produce a number of upcoming television series and films, including the film Leave the World Behind —for which he also serves as director and writer—and a new Battlestar Galactica television series to serve as a soft reboot of the 2004 show's universe.
Esmail's work often centers on the themes of alienation, technology, and American society, and he is known to work with cinematographer Tod Campbell and producer Chad Hamilton of Anonymous Content.
