American film director, producer, writer and editor
Robert P. Epstein (born April 6, 1955), is an American director, producer, writer, and editor. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature , for the films The Times of Harvey Milk and Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt .[2] [3]
In 1987, Epstein and his filmmaking partner, Jeffrey Friedman , founded Telling Pictures, a production company and team known for "groundbreaking feature documentaries".[4]
In addition to nonfiction documentaries, Epstein's works include scripted narratives such as Howl , his award-winning film about Allen Ginsberg 's controversial poem by the same name (starring James Franco ), and Lovelace , the story about the life and trials of pornographic superstar Linda Lovelace (starring Amanda Seyfried ).
Epstein is currently the co-chair of the Film Program at California College of the Arts [2] in San Francisco and Oakland, California.
He is openly gay.[5]
Filmography [ edit ] Film Year Role(s) Notes Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives 1977 director The Times of Harvey Milk 1984 director, producer, editor Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview/Interviewer - Programs Peabody Award The AIDS Show 1986 director, producer Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt 1989 director, producer, editor Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Peabody Award Where Are We? Our Trip Through America 1989 director, producer The Celluloid Closet 1995 director, producer, writer News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Directors Peabody Award Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special Paragraph 175 2000 director, producer Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature Nominated—News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Direction Nominated—News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary - Long Form Underground Zero (segment "Isaiah's Rap") 2002 director Crime & Punishment 2002-2004 director An Evening with Eddie Gomez 2005 director 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America : "Gold Rush" 2006 director Howl 2010 director, writer Lovelace 2013 director And the Oscar Goes to... [6] 2014 director, writer, producer End Game 2018 director, producer, editor Nominated—Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) State of Pride 2019 director, writer Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice 2019 director, producer Grammy Award for Best Music Film Taylor Mac's A 24-Decade History of Popular Music 2023 director
References [ edit ] ^ "Epstein, Robert P., 1955-" . id.loc.gov . Library of Congress. August 18, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2020 . ^ a b "Rob Epstein Biography" . California College of the Arts. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2022 . ^ "Rob Epstein Biography" . Sony Classic Pictures. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. ^ "-About" . Telling Pictures . Retrieved August 19, 2017 . ^ Epstein, Rob (March 3, 2016). "Pioneering Gay Oscar Winner Offers Sam Smith a History Lesson (Guest Column)" . Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 2, 2020 . ^ And the Oscar Goes To...-TCM.com External links [ edit ]
Solo Collaborations Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977, with Peter Adair , Nancy Adair, Andrew Brown, Lucy Massie Phenix and Veronica Selver) The AIDS Show: Artists Involved with Death and Survival (1986, with Peter Adair ) Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989, with Jeffrey Friedman ) The Celluloid Closet (1995, with Jeffrey Friedman) Paragraph 175 (2000, with Jeffrey Friedman) Underground Zero (segment "Isaiah's Rap"; 2002, with Jeffrey Friedman) Howl (2010, with Jeffrey Friedman) Lovelace (2013, with Jeffrey Friedman) End Game (2018, with Jeffrey Friedman) Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019, with Jeffrey Friedman) State of Pride (2019, with Jeffrey Friedman)
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