Skip to main content
Rob Epstein
Writer 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 →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

4 titles
Howl

Howl

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman 2010 1h 24m 6.0

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

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.

Discussion

Loading the discussion…