LC control no. | no 99064633 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Epstein, Robert P., 1955- |
Variant(s) | Epstein, Rob, 1955- |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 19550406 |
Place of birth | New Brunswick (N.J.) |
Field of activity | Documentary films--Production and direction Motion pictures--Production and direction |
Profession or occupation | Motion picture producers and directors |
Found in | Where are we?, c1992: credits (produced and directed by ... Rob Epstein) container (works listed: The celluloid closet, Common threads, The times of Harvey Milk) Data from ALA Booklist for The AIDS show, 1987 (Robert Epstein; producer, director) Email from the producer, Aug. 30, 1999 (would like to be known as: Robert P. Epstein, b. Apr. 6, 1955, New Brunswick, NJ) The art of nonfiction movie making, 2012: ECIP t.p. (Rob Epstein) data view (b. 4/6/1955) Wikipedia, August 17, 2015 (Rob Epstein; Rob Epstein, also credited as Robert P. Epstein (born April 6, 1955), is an American 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. Recently, Epstein has transitioned from non-fiction documentaries into scripted narratives, producing such biopics as HOWL, his award-winning film about Allen Ginsberg's controversial poem by the same name, and Lovelace, the story about the life and trials of pornographic superstar Linda Lovelace; At the age of 29, Epstein won an Oscar for The Times of Harvey Milk along with producer Richard Schmiechen, becoming the first "out" filmmakers to do so on the Oscar broadcast) |
Associated language | eng |