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.
Academy Awards
Best Documentary Feature Film
Known For
Lovelace
(2013)
Director
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Director
Howl
(2010)
Director
The Celluloid Closet
(1996)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
(1977)
Director
The Times of Harvey Milk
(1984)
Director
The AIDS Show
(1986)
Director
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
(1989)
Director
Where Are We? Our Trip Through America
(1993)
Director
The Celluloid Closet
(1996)
Director
Paragraph 175
(2000)
Director
Underground Zero
(2002)
Director
Then and Now: 1981-2004
(2004)
Director
Howl
(2010)
Director
Lovelace
(2013)
Director
The Battle of Amfar
(2013)
Director
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Director
End Game
(2018)
Director
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
(2019)
Director
State of Pride
(2019)
Director
Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music
(2023)
Director
Música!
(2023)
Director
Acting
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
(1981)
Himself (Interviewer)
Vito
(2011)
Himself
What Is Cinema?
(2013)
Self
Film Hawk
(2016)
Himself
Impresario
(2022)
Production
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
(1981)
Producer and Location Manager
The Times of Harvey Milk
(1984)
Producer
The AIDS Show
(1986)
Producer
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)
Producer
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
Música!
(2023)
Producer
Editing
The Times of Harvey Milk
(1984)
Editor
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
(1989)
Editor
End Game
(2018)
Editor
Writing
The Times of Harvey Milk
(1984)
Writer
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
(1989)
Writer
Howl
(2010)
Writer
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Writer
Camera