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Sam Esmail

Egyptian-American director and writer
Person human Q20685410

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
September 17, 1977
Place of birth
Hoboken
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
screenwriter, television director, film director, film producer, showrunner, television producer, filmmaker, director[11][12][13]
Educated at
AFI Conservatory, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Summerville High School, Washington Township High School[14][15][16][17]
Religion or worldview
Islam[19]
Spouse
Emmy Rossum[8]
Child
Samantha Esmail[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Egyptian Arabic, Arabic, American English, English[23][24][25][26]
Family name
Esmail[21]
Given name
Sam[22]
Member of
Writers Guild of America West[18]
P14419
64097
P14750
94DC-C690-E8E0-03A2-7A51
Start of work period
2002[27]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 56
ISNI
0000000454089821
VIAF cluster ID
121144928847454440647
Library of Congress authority ID
no2015120846
GND ID
1096521806
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sam Esmail at SXSW 2016.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID
p785848
Allcinema person ID
954550
AlloCiné person ID
253079
BIBSYS ID
1498562807990
BabelNet ID
17551097n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
170898919
CINE21 person ID
95630
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Cinematografo.it name or company ID (new)
sam-esmail-jadzy1wj
ComingSoon.it person ID
247873
DBC author ID
87097969811426
Danish National Filmography person ID
251272
ElCinema person ID
2096712
Film.ru person ID
sam-esmail
FilmTv.it person ID
183669
Freebase ID
/m/0vtqb7z
GTAA ID
1669040
IMDb ID
nm1322753
IdRef ID
196163374
Instagram username
samesmail
Ivi person ID
sem-esmejl
Kinobaza person ID
sam-esmail
Kinobox person ID
1571963
Kinopoisk person ID
397926
LdiF person ID
291332
MYmovies person ID
272907
MovieMeter person ID
1331163
Movieplayer person ID
417598
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201520943
National Library of Russia ID
770206583
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5792238
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
401590925
NientePopCorn person ID
sam-esmail
PORT person ID
537620
Plex person key
5d776eca96b655001fe73efd
Podchaser creator ID
107a4Xk9h3
Prabook ID
1905238
RERO ID (legacy)
A026422066
SBN author ID
MODV662855
Sinemalar person ID
92515
TMDB person ID
1331163
TV Maze person ID
63749
Tabakalera ID
103322
TheTVDB person ID
503452
Threads username
samesmail
Trakt.tv ID
people/sam-esmail
WikiTree person ID
Esmail-2
WorldCat Entities ID
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Writers Guild of America writer ID
2c63ffe6-4b27-48f5-a009-939db4018861
X (Twitter) username
samesmail
Yale LUX ID
person/ef532e29-7be5-4e1c-80ca-060eef9e0d97
ČSFD person ID
104919

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 7
film director, screenwriter, film producer, television producer, showrunner, television director, filmmaker
Films directed 5
Mr. Robot, Leave the World Behind, Homecoming, Panic Carefully, Comet
Languages spoken, written or signed 4
English, Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, American English
Films written 3
Leave the World Behind, Panic Carefully, Comet
← Producer 3
Mr. Robot, Panic Carefully, Risk
Educated at 2
New York University Tisch School of the Arts, AFI Conservatory
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Sam
Instance of 1
human
Member of 1
Writers Guild of America West
Place of birth 1
Hoboken
Religion or worldview 1
Islam
Sex or gender 1
male
Spouse 1
Emmy Rossum
Spouses 1
Emmy Rossum
← Creator 1
Mr. Robot
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Summary

Sam Esmail was born on September 17, 1977[1], in Hoboken[2]. He has worked as a screenwriter[3], television director[4], film director[5], film producer[6], and showrunner[7].

FAQs

Where was Sam Esmail born?

Sam Esmail's place of birth was Hoboken[2].

Who was Sam Esmail married to?

Sam Esmail's spouses include Emmy Rossum[8].

What did Sam Esmail do for work?

Sam Esmail worked as a screenwriter[3], television director[4], film director[5], film producer[6], and showrunner[7].

Where did Sam Esmail go to school?

Sam Esmail was educated at AFI Conservatory[14], New York University Tisch School of the Arts[15], Summerville High School[16], and Washington Township High School[17].

Related Entities

Emmy Rossum Mr. Robot United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . port.hu. Retrieved . port.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  15. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [1] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. 2d ago · Bargioni · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → MODV662855
    Sitelink count → 22
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ SBN author ID: MODV662855, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/330212956|Sam Esmail (#330212956)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8610|SBN persons with da"
  2. 6w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person ID → 954550
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55959|batch #55959]]"
  3. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kinobaza person ID → sam-esmail
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Kinobaza person ID: sam-esmail, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273862|batch #273862]]"
  4. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    TV Maze person ID → 63749
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ TV Maze person ID: 63749, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270242|batch #270242]]"
  5. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 92515
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sinemalar person ID: 92515, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270112|batch #270112]]"
  6. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 94DC-C690-E8E0-03A2-7A51
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46230|batch #46230]]: HAND ID (0)"
  7. 16w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CINE21 person ID → 95630
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/42350|batch #42350]]"
  8. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → screenwriter, television director, film director +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32080|batch #32080]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (22)"
  9. 25w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Egyptian Arabic, Arabic, American English +1
    Occupation → screenwriter, television director, film director +5
    P14419 → 64097
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31881|batch #31881]]"
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