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Rob Epstein

Rob Epstein

Director · Born April 6, 1955 · New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Rob Epstein, also credited as Robert P. Epstein is a gay non-fiction filmmaker, director, producer, writer and editor. Epstein has won two Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature for the films The Times of Harvey Milk and Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt. He has also won four national Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, two DuPont Columbia Journalism awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous other awards for his documentary films.

Directed 20

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. State of Pride

    Director

  3. 2018
  4. 2014

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    Director

  5. 2013
  6. The Battle of Amfar

    Director

  7. 2010

    Howl

    Director

2000s

  1. 2004

    Then and Now: 1981-2004

    Director

  2. 2002

    Underground Zero

    Director

  3. 2001

    Rescued from the Closet

    Director

  4. 2000

    Paragraph 175

    Director

1990s

  1. 1996

    The Celluloid Closet

    Director

  2. 1992

    Where Are We? Our Trip Through America

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    Director

  2. 1986

    The AIDS Show

    Director

  3. 1984

1970s

  1. 1977

    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    Director

No release date

  1. Coming Out Is a Many Splendored Thing

    Director

Produced 13

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Gospel of Eureka

    Executive Producer

  2. 2014

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    Producer

  3. 2010

    Howl

    Producer

2000s

  1. 2000

    Paragraph 175

    Producer

1990s

  1. 1996

    The Celluloid Closet

    Producer

  2. 1992

    Where Are We? Our Trip Through America

    Producer

1980s

  1. 1989

    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    Producer

  2. 1986

    The AIDS Show

    Producer

  3. 1984
  4. 1981

    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    Location Manager, Producer

Wrote 5

2010s

  1. 2014

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    Writer

  2. 2010

    Howl

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1996

    The Celluloid Closet

    Story

1980s

  1. 1989

    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    Writer

  2. 1984

Edited 3

2010s

  1. 2018

1980s

  1. 1989

    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    Editor

  2. 1984

Acted in 2

2020s

  1. 2022

    Impresario

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2011

    Two Films, One Legacy

    Movie

Camera 1

Appearances3

2010s

  1. 2013

    What Is Cinema?

    Self

  2. 2011

    Vito

    Self

1980s

  1. 1981

    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    Self - Interviewer