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Rob Epstein

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Born April 6, 1955 · New Jersey, United States

Also known as Robert P. Epstein

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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.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1990
  • Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1985
  • Guggenheim Fellowship
  • Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · 2019 · nominated

Filmography19 titles

Greetings from Washington, D.C.

1981as Self - Interviewer

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

2019Director

The Times of Harvey Milk

1984Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

The Celluloid Closet

1995Director, Producer, Story

End Game

2018Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer

Vito

2011as Self

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

1989Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014Director, Producer, Writer

Paragraph 175

1999Director, Producer

What Is Cinema?

2013as Self

Howl

2010Director, Producer, Writer

Lovelace

2013Director

Word Is Out

1977Director

Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music

2023Director, Producer

Film Hawk

2016as Himself

The Gospel of Eureka

2018Executive Producer

Where Are We? Our Trip Through America

1992Director, Producer

The AIDS Show

1986Director, Producer

Then and Now: 1981-2004

2004Director