Portrait of Sam Esmail

Directing

Sam Esmail

Titles
19movies10TV shows
Career

Active from 2004 to 2023, busiest in 2015 with 3 main titles.

Directed
12
titles as director
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mr. Robot
Mr. Robot
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.9 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Sam Esmail Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.3, average 3.3
  • Physical Comedy
    0.6, average 2.5
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Historical
    1.1, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Unreliable Narrator 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
TypeAllMovies17TV shows1
RoleAnyDirecting9Production9Writing8Appearances5Acting3Editing1Other crew1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny2000s22010s72020s2Upcoming7
GenreAnyThriller9Drama4Mystery4Crime4Science Fiction4Documentary3Horror3Comedy2Romance2Adventure1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

Upcoming

7 titles
Poster for American Radical

Director, Producer

Poster for Famous

Producer

Poster for The Hole

Producer

Poster for Tesseract

Screenplay, Director

Poster for Panic Carefully

Producer, Screenplay

2020s

2 titles · average score 68
GoodWatch67
Poster for Leave the World Behind

as Capt. Esmail (uncredited)

2010s

7 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch68
Poster for Risk

Executive Producer

GoodWatch86
Poster for Mr. Robot

TV show · as Man on Train (uncredited) / Inmate (uncredited)

GoodWatch85
Poster for Mr. Robot

Director, Writer

GoodWatch57
Poster for Comet

Writer, Director

2000s

2 titles
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