Rob Epstein

Rob Epstein

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.

  • Title: Rob Epstein
  • Popularity: 3.025
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1955-04-06
  • Place of Birth: New Jersey, United States
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  • Also Known As: Robert P. Epstein
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Rob Epstein Movies

  • 1981
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    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    1 1981 HD

    A short documentary about the First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which took place on Sunday, October 14th 1979.

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  • 2022
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    Impresario

    Impresario

    1 2022 HD

    With vintage footage, interviews, and Marc Huestis' own energy and humor at the center, Impresario is an homage to a San Francisco icon and one of...

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  • 2011
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    Vito

    Vito

    7.4 2011 HD

    In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He...

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  • 2013
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    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

    6.2 2013 HD

    Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...

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  • 2016
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    Film Hawk

    Film Hawk

    4.9 2016 HD

    What do filmmakers as disparate as Kevin Smith, Ed Burns, Rob Epstein, and Barbara Hammer have in common? A secret weapon known as Bob Hawk. As a...

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  • 1996
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    The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

    7.1 1996 HD

    What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie...

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  • 1984
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    The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    7.324 1984 HD

    Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his...

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  • 2010
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    Howl

    Howl

    6.5 2010 HD

    It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads:...

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  • 2010
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    Howl

    Howl

    6.5 2010 HD

    It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads:...

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  • 2000
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    Paragraph 175

    Paragraph 175

    6.5 2000 HD

    During the Nazi regime, there was widespread persecution of homosexual men, which started in 1871 with the Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code....

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  • 1993
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    Where Are We? Our Trip Through America

    Where Are We? Our Trip Through America

    1 1993 HD

    Accomplished documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeff Friedman take a trip across the American South and Southwest, asking people about their hopes and...

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  • 2013
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    Lovelace

    Lovelace

    6 2013 HD

    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.

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  • 1977
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    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    4.8 1977 HD

    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...

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  • 2000
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    Paragraph 175

    Paragraph 175

    6.5 2000 HD

    During the Nazi regime, there was widespread persecution of homosexual men, which started in 1871 with the Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code....

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  • 1989
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    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    7.2 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    The Battle of Amfar

    The Battle of Amfar

    5 2013 HD

    When AIDS struck in the early 1980s, a scientist and a movie star did not have to respond - but they did. Dr. Mathilde Krim and Elizabeth Taylor...

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  • 2023
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    Musica!

    Musica!

    1 2023 HD

    The Oscar-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have become treasured musicologists, first with their loving biography LINDA RONSTADT:...

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  • 1993
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    Where Are We? Our Trip Through America

    Where Are We? Our Trip Through America

    1 1993 HD

    Accomplished documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeff Friedman take a trip across the American South and Southwest, asking people about their hopes and...

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  • 2014
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    And the Oscar Goes To...

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    6.97 2014 HD

    The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

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  • 2023
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    Musica!

    Musica!

    1 2023 HD

    The Oscar-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have become treasured musicologists, first with their loving biography LINDA RONSTADT:...

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  • 2018
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    The Gospel of Eureka

    The Gospel of Eureka

    4.8 2018 HD

    Faith, love and civil rights collide on voting day in a small Southern town that hosts a famous performance of the last days of Christ and an...

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  • 1989
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    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    7.2 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 1989
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    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    7.2 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 1989
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    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    7.2 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 2010
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    Howl

    Howl

    6.5 2010 HD

    It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads:...

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  • 2014
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    And the Oscar Goes To...

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    6.97 2014 HD

    The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

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  • 2014
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    And the Oscar Goes To...

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    6.97 2014 HD

    The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

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  • 1996
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    The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

    7.1 1996 HD

    What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie...

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  • 1984
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    The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    7.324 1984 HD

    Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his...

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  • 1981
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    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    1 1981 HD

    A short documentary about the First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which took place on Sunday, October 14th 1979.

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  • 1981
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    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    1 1981 HD

    A short documentary about the First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which took place on Sunday, October 14th 1979.

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  • 2004
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    Then and Now: 1981-2004

    Then and Now: 1981-2004

    1 2004 HD

    A short film mostly comprised of two sources: research footage from 1988 about the beginnings of the HIV epidemic from the perspective of medical...

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  • 1986
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    The AIDS Show

    The AIDS Show

    3.5 1986 HD

    A recording of a play about the intangible impacts AIDS has on a community. This is a moving, beautifully photographed combination of theater and...

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  • 1986
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    The AIDS Show

    The AIDS Show

    3.5 1986 HD

    A recording of a play about the intangible impacts AIDS has on a community. This is a moving, beautifully photographed combination of theater and...

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

    Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music

    5.7 2023 HD

    This riotous concert film documents New York theater legend Taylor Mac's joyous, challenging, and ostentatiously queer 24-hour musical performance....

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  • 1996
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    The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

    7.1 1996 HD

    What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie...

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  • 2002
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    Underground Zero

    Underground Zero

    1 2002 HD

    A collection of shorts made by various directors in response to 9/11.

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  • 2018
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    End Game

    End Game

    7.1 2018 HD

    Filmed and edited in intimate vérité style, this movie follows visionary medical practitioners who are working on the cutting edge of...

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

    Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music

    5.7 2023 HD

    This riotous concert film documents New York theater legend Taylor Mac's joyous, challenging, and ostentatiously queer 24-hour musical performance....

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  • 2018
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    End Game

    End Game

    7.1 2018 HD

    Filmed and edited in intimate vérité style, this movie follows visionary medical practitioners who are working on the cutting edge of...

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  • 2018
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    End Game

    End Game

    7.1 2018 HD

    Filmed and edited in intimate vérité style, this movie follows visionary medical practitioners who are working on the cutting edge of...

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  • 2018
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    End Game

    End Game

    7.1 2018 HD

    Filmed and edited in intimate vérité style, this movie follows visionary medical practitioners who are working on the cutting edge of...

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  • 1984
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    The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    7.324 1984 HD

    Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his...

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  • 2019
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    Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

    Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

    7.6 2019 HD

    With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early...

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  • 2019
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    State of Pride

    State of Pride

    5 2019 HD

    Fifty years after the Stonewall uprising, Oscar-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman travel to three diverse communities – Salt...

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  • 1984
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    The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    7.324 1984 HD

    Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his...

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