Directing · Writing · age 71

Rob Epstein

Best rated: The Times of Harvey Milk (8.2)

Films: 8
Avg rating: 7.53
Peak run: 1984’10
7+ run: 4 films

Films: 8
Avg rating: 7.53
Peak run: 1984’10
7+ run: 4 films

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The career

Rob Epstein, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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19778 films2019

Current formLast 5: 7.28 vs career 7.53 (−0.25)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Rob by the numbers

Average

7.53

7 rated films

Vote weighted

7.45

bigger films count more

Median

7.8

half are better

Consistency

±0.80

rating spread

Career

43y

1977 to 2019

Total votes

81.1K

across every film

Best

8.2

The Times of Harvey Milk

Worst

6.2

Lovelace

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2019	Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice	8.1	2,806
2013	Lovelace	6.2	44,976
2010	Howl	6.6	13,722
1999	Paragraph 175	7.7	2,317
1995	The Celluloid Closet	7.8	8,151
1989	Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt	8.1	1,262
1984	The Times of Harvey Milk	8.2	7,316
1977	Word Is Out	·	583

Better together?

Rob Epstein's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Rob Epstein

3 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

Best Documentary Short · Academy Awards 2019
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Nominated
Best Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 1990
Robert Epstein and Bill Couturié, Producers
Won
Best Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 1985
Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen, Producers
Won

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