Rob Epstein
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 6 April 1955 · 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.
Known for
Directing 20
- 2026Coming Out Is a Many Splendored Thing · director
- 2023Musica! · director
- 2023Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music · director
- 2019Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice · director
- 2019State of Pride · director
- 2018End Game · director
- 2014And the Oscar Goes To... · director
- 2013Lovelace · director
- 2013The Battle of Amfar · director
- 2010Howl · director
- 2004Then and Now: 1981-2004 · director
- 2002Underground Zero · director
- 2001Rescued from the Closet · director
- 2000Paragraph 175 · director
- 1996The Celluloid Closet · director
- 1992Where Are We? Our Trip Through America · director
- 1989Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt · director
- 1986The AIDS Show · director
- 1984The Times of Harvey Milk · director
- 1977Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives · director
Production 13
- 2023Musica! · producer
- 2023Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music · producer
- 2018The Gospel of Eureka · executive producer
- 2018End Game · producer
- 2014And the Oscar Goes To... · producer
- 2010Howl · producer
- 2000Paragraph 175 · producer
- 1996The Celluloid Closet · producer
- 1992Where Are We? Our Trip Through America · producer
- 1989Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt · producer
- 1986The AIDS Show · producer
- 1984The Times of Harvey Milk · producer
- 1981Greetings from Washington, D.C. · location manager
Acting 8
- 2022Impresario
- 2016Zeitgeist 1977: The First Festival
- 2016Film Hawk as Himself
- 2013What Is Cinema? as Self
- 2011Vito as Self
- 2011Two Films, One Legacy
- 2008Q&A at the DGA: Rob Epstein and Tom Ammiano as Self
- 1981Greetings from Washington, D.C. as Self - Interviewer
Camera 1
- 2018End Game · director of photography
Editing 3
- 2018End Game · editor
- 1989Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt · editor
- 1984The Times of Harvey Milk · editor
Writing 5
- 2014And the Oscar Goes To... · writer
- 2010Howl · writer
- 1996The Celluloid Closet · story
- 1989Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt · writer
- 1984The Times of Harvey Milk · writer