Rob Epstein

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Rob Epstein with his Oscar (2004)

Robert Epstein (born April 6, 1955 in New Brunswick (New Jersey) ) is an American documentary filmmaker , director, writer and film producer .

Life

In 1985, Epstein was featured for his documentary Who Was Harvey Milk? on Harvey Milk , San Francisco's first self-confessed homosexual councilor , together with producer Richard Schmiechen with an Oscar in the category of best documentary . In 1990 he received another Oscar in the same category for his documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt together with producer Bill Couturié . This documentary tells the story of the AIDS Memorial Quilt (narrator in the original film: Dustin Hoffman ).

Together with his colleague Jeffrey Friedman , he worked in 1995 in The Celluloid Closet , a documentary inspired by the book Vito Russo about the portrayal of gays in American films (spokeswoman in the original film: Lily Tomlin ), and in 2000 in Paragraph 175 , a documentation of the life stories of several men and women who were persecuted by the National Socialists for their homosexuality on the basis of Section 175 .

In 2010 he and Friedman received an invitation to compete at the 60th Berlin Film Festival for Howl - Das Geheul . In the drama, James Franco slipped into the role of the American writer Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) with Jeff Daniels and Treat Williams .

In 2013 they shot Lovelace , a biopic about porn star Linda Lovelace , starring James Franco as Hugh Hefner , among others .

Rob Epstein is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Professor at California College of the Arts , San Francisco . He's openly gay.

Awards

  • 1985

" The Times of Harvey Milk ": Academy Award - Best Documentary Oscar , three Emmy Awards, and the Peabody Award 1984 New York Film Critics Circle Award / Best Documentary .

  • 1990

“ Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt ”: Academy Award - best documentary Oscar, the Peabody Award and the Interfilm Prize of the Berlinale .

  • 1996

“ The Celluloid Closet - Trapped in the Dream Factory ”: Sundance Film Festival - Freedom of Expression Award, Teddy Award of the Berlinale - best gay documentary. Epstein and Friedman received an Emmy for directing and a Peabody Award for the "HBO television presentation" .

  • 2000

“ Paragraph 175 ”: Sundance Film Festival - Prize for Directing, Berlin Film Festival - FIPRESCI Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique and Teddy Award of the Berlinale for best gay documentary film. Festival Internazionale di Cinema Gaylesbico e Queer Culture di Milano - Best Documentary, LA Outfest - Outfest Achievement Award, Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Jury Award, San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival - Audience Award, Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival - Award for Excellence, 2002: Best Documentary at the Glitter Awards. (see: Jeffrey Friedman )

  • 2001 :

Davidson / Valentini Award of the GLAAD Media Award as an openly LGBT person

Filmography (selection)

  • Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives - Director (1978)
  • Who Was Harvey Milk? The Times of Harvey Milk - Director, Producer, Editor (1984)
  • The AIDS Show - Director, Producer (1986)
  • Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt - Director, Producer, Writer (1989)
  • Where are we? Our Trip Through America - Director, Producer (1993)
  • The Celluloid Closet - Director, Producer, Writer (1995)
  • Paragraph 175 - direction, production (2000)
  • Underground Zero (segment "Isaiah's Rap") - director (2002)
  • Crime & Punishment (TV Series) - Director, Producer (2002)
  • An Evening with Eddie Gomez - Director (2005)
  • 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: Gold Rush (TV) - Director (2006)
  • Howl - Das Geheul (Howl) - Director, Writer (2010)
  • The Battle of Amfar - Director (2013)
  • Lovelace - director (2013)
  • And the Oscar goes to (documentary) - director, producer, writer (2014)
  • 2018 final (Endgame , Short Documentary)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pioneering Gay Oscar Winner Offers Sam Smith a History Lesson (Guest Column) , Rob Epstein, The Hollywood Reporter , 2016 (English)

Web links

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SURNAME Epstein, Rob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Epstein, Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American documentary filmmaker and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH New Brunswick (New Jersey) , USA