Rob Epstein

Rob Epstein

Birthdate
April 6, 1955 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
New Jersey, United States
Known For
Directing

Details

Birthdate
April 6, 1955 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
New Jersey, United States
Known For
Directing

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.

Rob Epstein's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Celluloid Closet
The Celluloid Closet
Director
Howl
Howl
Director
Vito
Vito
Himself
The Times of Harvey Milk
The Times of Harvey Milk
Director
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Director
Paragraph 175
Paragraph 175
Director
State of Pride
State of Pride
Director
The Battle of Amfar
The Battle of Amfar
Director
The Gospel of Eureka
The Gospel of Eureka
Executive Producer

Acting (5)

2022
Impresario
2016
Film Hawk as Himself
2013
What Is Cinema? as Self
2011
Vito as Himself
1981
Greetings from Washington, D.C. as Himself (Interviewer)

Directing (18)

2023
Musica! • Director
• Director
2023
Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music • Director
• Director
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice • Director
• Director
2019
State of Pride • Director
• Director
2018
End Game • Director
• Director
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... • Director
• Director
2013
Lovelace • Director
• Director
2013
The Battle of Amfar • Director
• Director
2010
Howl • Director
• Director
2004
Then and Now: 1981-2004 • Director
• Director
2002
Underground Zero • Director
• Director
2000
Paragraph 175 • Director
• Director
1996
• Director
1993
Where Are We? Our Trip Through America • Director
• Director
1989
• Director
1986
The AIDS Show • Director
• Director
1984
• Director
1977
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives • Director
• Director

Production (14)

2023
Musica! • Producer
• Producer
2023
Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music • Producer
• Producer
2018
The Gospel of Eureka • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
End Game • Producer
• Producer
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... • Producer
• Producer
2010
Howl • Producer
• Producer
2000
Paragraph 175 • Producer
• Producer
1996
• Producer
1993
Where Are We? Our Trip Through America • Producer
• Producer
1989
• Producer
1986
The AIDS Show • Producer
• Producer
1984
• Producer
1981
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
• Location Manager
• Producer

Editing (3)

2018
End Game • Editor
• Editor
1989
• Editor
1984
• Editor

Writing (5)

2014
And the Oscar Goes To... • Writer
• Writer
2010
Howl • Writer
• Writer
1996
• Story
1989
• Writer
1984
• Writer

Camera (1)

2018
End Game • Director of Photography
• Director of Photography