Sam Esmail

Age: 48

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Sam Esmail (born September 17, 1977) is an American film and television producer, director, and screenwriter who runs 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). He produced and directed the first season of 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). Esmail's work often centres on alienation, technology, and American society. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Esmail, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Sam Esmail

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While You Were Away

When 18-year-old Emmet attempts suicide on the one year anniversary of his girlfriend's death, having been suffering from frequent hallucinations of her since her passing, he is sent to Remedy Point Rehabilitation Center. There, he meets Amy, a hard-partying girl who nearly overdosed that same night. The two develop an intimate relationship over their time in rehab but are pulled back to the reality of their own separate lives when they are discharged after three months of long-term treatment, having to deal with the repercussions of their choices and learn to get better.

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Sam Esmail

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While You Were Away

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