The Secret Early Lives of Sam Esmail (Rebroadcast)
Without Fail
English - January 20, 2020 11:45 - 40 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsCareers Business Society & Culture entrepreneur interview entrepreneurship business startups technology productivity art culture the 4-hour workweek Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Director and screenwriter Sam Esmail’s TV series Mr. Robot was an immediate hit when it premiered in 2015, turning him into one of the most in-demand showrunners in Hollywood. But he didn’t have an easy path to that point. Sam was 38 by the time Mr. Robot launched. He’d worked all kinds of jobs -- including a stint as a startup founder -- and seen all kinds of setbacks. Sam tells Alex about the stuff that came before, and about why he couldn’t quit trying to make movies, even when success was a long way off.
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Director and screenwriter Sam Esmail’s TV series Mr. Robot was an immediate hit when it premiered in 2015, turning him into one of the most in-demand showrunners in Hollywood. But he didn’t have an easy path to that point. Sam was 38 by the time Mr. Robot launched. He’d worked all kinds of jobs -- including a stint as a startup founder -- and seen all kinds of setbacks. Sam tells Alex about the stuff that came before, and about why he couldn’t quit trying to make movies, even when success was a long way off.
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