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Rob Epstein
Director 71 years old

Rob Epstein

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... Read full bio →

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7 titles
Lovelace

Lovelace

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman 2013 1h 32m 4.6

Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

Howl

Howl

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman 2010 1h 24m 6.5

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial.

Paragraph 175

Paragraph 175

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman 2000 1h 14m

Historian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.

The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman 1996 1h 42m

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman 1989 1h 20m

On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be added to a large-scale memorial quilt project. Drawing from the sea of names memorialized, director Robert Epstein focuses on the lives of six people.

The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk

Rob Epstein 1984 1h 30m 7.5

A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay councilor.

Word Is Out

Word Is Out

Peter Adair, Rob Epstein 1977 2h 12m

More than two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk to the camera about being gay or lesbian. Their stories are arranged in loose chronology: early years, fitting in (which for some meant marriage), coming out, establishing adult identities, and reflecting on how things have changed and how things should be.

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