
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.
Acting (4 movies)
Directing (19 movies)

The Celluloid Closet
1996

The Times of Harvey Milk
1984

Howl
2010

Paragraph 175
2000

Lovelace
2013

Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
1977

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989

The Battle of Amfar
2013

Musica!
2023

Where Are We? Our Trip Through America
1993

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014

Then and Now: 1981-2004
2004

The AIDS Show
1986

Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music
2023

Underground Zero
2002

End Game
2018

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019

State of Pride
2019

Rescued from the Closet
2001
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Greetings from Washington, D.C. | 1981 | Producer |
| The Times of Harvey Milk | 1984 | Producer |
| The Times of Harvey Milk | 1984 | Writer |
| The AIDS Show | 1986 | Producer |
| Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt | 1989 | Writer |
| Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt | 1989 | Producer |
| Where Are We? Our Trip Through America | 1993 | Producer |
| The Celluloid Closet | 1996 | Producer |
| Paragraph 175 | 2000 | Producer |
| Howl | 2010 | Writer |
| Howl | 2010 | Producer |
| And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014 | Writer |
| And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014 | Producer |
| End Game | 2018 | Producer |
| The Gospel of Eureka | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music | 2023 | Producer |
| Musica! | 2023 | Producer |



