FILM DIRECTOR

Sam Esmail

1977 - Today

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Sam Esmail (born September 17, 1977) is an Egyptian-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 films Comet (2014) and Leave the World Behind (2023). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Sam Esmail is the 1,895th most popular film director (down from 1,717th in 2024), the 15,366th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,159th in 2019) and the 556th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sam Esmail ranks 1,895 out of 2,041. Before him are Adam Curtis, Emanuele Crialese, Peter Deming, Gary Winick, Bruce Cohen, and Simon Kinberg. After him are Florian Gallenberger, Peter Webber, Gurinder Chadha, Douglas McGrath, Sebastian Schipper, and David Slade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Sam Esmail ranks 552. Before him are Therese Alshammar, Bashar Abdullah, Silvia Colloca, Jari Mäenpää, Yksel Osmanovski, and Daniel Pancu. After him are Paula Echevarría, Fernando Vicente, Maria Rita, Stephon Marbury, Miyu Matsuki, and Vadim Devyatovskiy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Esmail ranks 15,372 out of 20,380. Before him are Anne Donovan (1961), Ann Leckie (1966), Mark C. Lee (1952), Marion Barry (1936), Winona LaDuke (1959), and Mark Deklin (1967). After him are Everett Dirksen (1896), Marc Maron (1963), Ken Maynard (1895), Norm Coleman (1949), Floriana Lima (1981), and Gilbert Arenas (1982).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Sam Esmail ranks 556. Before him are Ira Sachs (1965), Jake Kasdan (1974), Samuel Bayer (1965), Paul Weitz (1965), Gary Winick (1961), and Bruce Cohen (1961). After him are Douglas McGrath (1958), Mark Pellington (1962), Jeff Baena (1977), Jeff Nichols (1978), David Dobkin (1969), and Mark Duplass (1976).

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