Sam Esmail
Egyptian-American screenwriter
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| 2023 | Wrote and directed the feature film Leave the World Behind. |
| June 18 2023 | Announced the cancellation of the Metropolis television adaptation project. |
| April 2023 | Birth of second child, a son. |
| May 19 2022 | Angelyne, a limited series developed by Esmail for NBCUniversal's Peacock, is released. |
| March 2022 | Apple ordered the television adaptation of Metropolis, to be written, directed, and produced by Esmail. |
| 2021 | Created a pilot for 'Acts of Crime', which was not picked up to series |
| 2021 | Began developing television series The American Throne with director Julius Onah. |
| November 2021 | Peacock announced Esmail developing a Battlestar Galactica franchise series, which was cancelled in July 2024. |
| June 2021 | Peacock picked up The Resort, a darkly comedic television series with Esmail as executive producer. |
| May 2021 | Birth of first child, a daughter. |
| April 2021 | Gaslit premiered on Starz after production began in Spring 2021. |
| 2020 | Mr. Robot was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama |
| 2020 | Announced as director for Netflix film Leave the World Behind, with production beginning in April 2022. |
| 2020 | Briarpatch is released, along with the second season of Homecoming. |
| 2020 | Produced the USA Network series Briarpatch. |
| September 2020 | Screenwriter Nazrin Choudhury attached to write the American Radical film project. |
| September 2020 | Esmail sold two dramas to ABC, with Acts of Crime receiving a pilot order in January 2021, though ultimately not picked up by the network. |
| February 2020 | Announced as developer for Tell Tale Heart film project for Condé Nast's Wired Studio. |
| February 2020 | Announced a television series with Julia Roberts based on the Watergate scandal podcast Slow Burn, titled Gaslit. |
| 2019 | Esmail's series Homecoming was nominated for multiple awards, ultimately winning the Satellite Award for Best Television Series - Drama |
| 2019 | Briarpatch, a TV show executive produced by Esmail, is picked up by USA Network. |
| October 2019 | Fourth season of Mr. Robot premieres. |
| February 2019 | Esmail signs a four-year exclusive deal with Universal Content Productions. |
| 2018 | Began developing a film with Universal Pictures and Rami Malek based on the memoir American Radical. |
| November 2018 | Homecoming, an Amazon Video series executive produced and directed by Esmail, premieres. |
| 2017 | Universal Pictures approaches Esmail to produce a film about the Bermuda Triangle, though the project does not progress further. |
| October 2017 | Third season of Mr. Robot premieres. |
| May 28 2017 | Married Emmy Rossum at a Reform synagogue in New York City. |
| 2016 | Mr. Robot achieved significant recognition, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Drama, Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series, and Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Series |
| 2016 | Sam Esmail served as an executive producer for the documentary 'Risk'. |
| July 2016 | Second season of Mr. Robot premieres, with Esmail beginning to direct all episodes of the show. |
| 2015 | Sam Esmail's TV series Mr. Robot won multiple awards, including the SXSW Film Audience Award, Gotham Independent Film Awards' Breakthrough Series, and American Film Institute Awards' Television Programs of the Year |
| August 2015 | Sam Esmail became engaged to actress Emmy Rossum after dating for two years, following his debut film Comet in which he directed her. |
| June 24 2015 | Mr. Robot premieres on USA Network, with Esmail serving as creator, executive producer, and head writer. |
| 2014 | Sam Esmail begins developing Mr. Robot with USA Network after shopping the project around with management from Anonymous Content. |
| 2014 | Co-wrote the horror film 'Mockingbird' with Bryan Bertino, which was released this year. |
| 2014 | Wrote and directed the feature film Comet. |
| 2010 | Worked as a post-production supervisor for the A&E documentary 'The Battle for Late Night'. |
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