Director
Rob Epstein
April 6, 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Sharon Stone
3 titles together
Lovelace, The Celluloid Closet, The Battle of Amfar
Tom Hanks
3 titles together
The Celluloid Closet, And the Oscar Goes To..., Rescued from the Closet
James Franco
2 titles together
Lovelace, Howl
Harvey Fierstein
2 titles together
The Times of Harvey Milk, Rescued from the Closet
Tony Curtis
2 titles together
The Celluloid Closet, Rescued from the Closet
Whoopi Goldberg
2 titles together
The Celluloid Closet, Rescued from the Closet
Full filmography · 23
Coming Out Is a Many Splendored Thing
Director
Upcoming
Musica!
Director
2023
Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Director
2023
Impresario
cast
2022
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Director
20197.6
State of Pride
Director
2019
End Game
Director
20187.2Zeitgeist 1977: The First Festival
cast
2016
And the Oscar Goes To...
Director and Writer
20146.8
Lovelace
Director
20136
The Battle of Amfar
Director
2013
Two Films, One Legacy
cast
2011