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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-04-06 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

New Jersey, United States

Rob Epstein

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.

Known For

Acting

2022

2016

Film Hawk as Himself

2013

What Is Cinema? as Self

2011

Vito as Himself

1981

Greetings from Washington, D.C. as Self - Interviewer

Directing

2023

Musica! as Director

Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music as Director

2019

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice as Director

State of Pride as Director

2018

End Game as Director

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Director

2013

Lovelace as Director

The Battle of Amfar as Director

2010

Howl as Director

2004

Then and Now: 1981-2004 as Director

2002

Underground Zero as Director

2000

Paragraph 175 as Director

1996

The Celluloid Closet as Director

1993

Where Are We? Our Trip Through America as Director

1989

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt as Director

1986

The AIDS Show as Director

1984

The Times of Harvey Milk as Director

1977

Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives as Director

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Coming Out Is a Many Splendored Thing as Director

Writing

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Writer

2010

Howl as Writer

1996

The Celluloid Closet as Story

1989

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt as Writer

1984

The Times of Harvey Milk as Writer

Production

2023

Musica! as Producer

Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music as Producer

2018

The Gospel of Eureka as Executive Producer

End Game as Producer

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Producer

2010

Howl as Producer

2000

Paragraph 175 as Producer

1996

The Celluloid Closet as Producer

1993

Where Are We? Our Trip Through America as Producer

1989

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt as Producer

1986

The AIDS Show as Producer

1984

The Times of Harvey Milk as Producer

1981

Greetings from Washington, D.C. as Producer

Greetings from Washington, D.C. as Location Manager

Editing

2018

End Game as Editor

1989

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt as Editor

1984

The Times of Harvey Milk as Editor

Camera

2018

End Game as Director of Photography