Person

Rob Epstein

Directing · Born 1955-04-06 · New Jersey, United States

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.

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  Lovelace

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  Paragraph 175

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  Howl

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  And the Oscar Goes To...

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  What Is Cinema?

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  The Celluloid Closet

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  The Battle of Amfar

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  Rescued from the Closet

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• Film Hawk

  Himself

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  Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

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• 2023Musica!Director
• 2023Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular MusicDirector
• 2022Impresario
• 2019Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My VoiceDirector
• 2019State of PrideDirector
• 2018The Gospel of EurekaExecutive Producer
• 2018End GameDirector
• 2016Zeitgeist 1977: The First Festival
• 2016Film HawkHimself
• 2014And the Oscar Goes To...Director
• 2013What Is Cinema?Self
• 2013LovelaceDirector
• 2013The Battle of AmfarDirector
• 2011VitoSelf
• 2011Two Films, One Legacy
• 2010HowlDirector
• 2008Q&A at the DGA: Rob Epstein and Tom AmmianoSelf
• 2004Then and Now: 1981-2004Director
• 2002Underground ZeroDirector
• 2001Rescued from the ClosetDirector
• 2000Paragraph 175Director
• 1996The Celluloid ClosetDirector
• 1992Where Are We? Our Trip Through AmericaProducer
• 1989Common Threads: Stories from the QuiltDirector
• 1986The AIDS ShowProducer
• 1984The Times of Harvey MilkDirector
• 1981Greetings from Washington, D.C.Self - Interviewer
• 1977Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our LivesDirector
• —Coming Out Is a Many Splendored ThingDirector