‘The Times of Harvey Milk’ part of celebration at Castro

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 17 May 2016
A Sunday, May 22, screening of Rob Epstein’s 1984 Oscar-winning documentary “The Times of Harvey Milk” serves as a finale for a weekend of events that celebrate what would have been Milk’s 86th birthday. The film is preceded by a reception and brunch with local celebrity guests at the Castro Theatre ... Mayor George Moscone ... ....

Discovery Channel Announces 2016-2017 Upfront Programming Slate (Discovery Communications Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 31 Mar 2016
(Source. Discovery Communications Inc). Discovery Returns with an Ambitious Lineup of 22 Returning Series and 20 New Ones. (New York, NY) - Today, Discovery Channel unveiled the primetime programming slate for the 2016-2017 television season. Discovery has an ambitious lineup of 22 returning series and 20 new ones ... DROUGHT (working title) - From five Academy® Award-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman ('Common Threads....

Discovery Channel Announces Premiere Dates for Discovery Impact Specials for 2016 (Discovery Communications Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Mar 2016
(Source. Discovery Communications Inc). SONIC SEA Premieres May 19 and TOUCAN NATION Airs July 30. Previously Announced DROUGHT (working title) Debuts August 4 ... In addition, all films will air worldwide on Discovery Channel. The ocean is a world of sound not sight ... Directed by Emmy® winner Paula Heredia (In Memoriam ... From five Academy® Award-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman ('Common Threads ... population ... Its goal ... (noodl....

S.F. composer to highlight voices of Iranian female singers

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 03 Feb 2016
“I used a looping technique to create the effect of an old record player that gets stuck,” the composer says ... 6, at the Palace of Fine Arts. Fourteen international filmmakers, including the Bay Area’s Rob Epstein and Barry Jenkins, have made it to the finals in the latest round of the San Francisco Film Society / Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants ... > ....

‘Film Hawk’

Edit Variety 28 Jan 2016
The name Bob Hawk may not be familiar beyond independent circles, but as an early champion of filmmakers like Kevin Smith, Edward Burns, Rob Epstein, and Scott McGehee and David Siegel, he’s been an important guy-behind-the-guy, with good instincts for talent and sage advice for newcomers ... ....

Jeff Orlowski Named First Sundance Institute | Discovery Impact Fellow (Discovery Communications Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jan 2016
(Source. Discovery Communications Inc) ... Coincides With New Environmental Series DISCOVERY IMPACT ... From five Academy® Award-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman ('Common Threads ... 'Collaborating with Discovery and ProPublica is an exciting endeavor and the filmmakers are honored to share the messages of the film with the world,' says Epstein, who along with Jeffrey Friedman, serves as DROUGHT's executive producers ... (noodl....

Delaware filmmakers picked by Sundance Film Festival

Edit The Oklahoman 28 Dec 2015
WILMINGTON, Del ... "It's bigger than what I was even dreaming of." ... "Film Hawk" tells the story of Bob Hawk, an veteran independent film consultant (and fan) who has helped and worked with filmmakers like Kevin Smith ("Clerks"), Edward Burns ("The Brothers McMullen"), Academy Award-winner Rob Epstein ("The Times of Harvey Milk") — all of whom Garvine and Parquet, 46, of Wilmington, interviewed for the documentary ... "Rejection is tough ... ___....

City Hall centennial takes ‘Surreal’ twist

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 04 Nov 2015
For this San Francisco Arts Commission project, she isolated frames from movies in which City Hall appears. “Dirty Harry,” Philip Kaufman’s 1978 remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” Rob Epstein’s 1984 documentary “The Times of Harvey Milk,” the Steven Spielberg-directed “Raiders of the Lost Ark” — City Hall’s marbled rotunda stands in for the U.S ... but I loved his stripped-down ballad singing ... ....

Friday’s best TV – Ripper Street, Rugby World Cup: Opening Ceremony and Rick Stein: from Venice To Istanbul

Edit The Guardian 18 Sep 2015
The Victorian rozzers wind up the series, the rugger kicks off and chef Rick Stein arrives in Turkey. Plus. feline fanatics in Pussies Galore. Love Me, Love My Cat and South Park returns. Rugby World Cup. Opening Ceremony. 6.45pm, ITV. The Danny Boyle spectacular that opened the 2012 Olympics has set a high bar for global sports events staged in the UK ... John Inverdale introduces ... Lovelace (Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, 2013) 10.40pm, Film4 ... ....

Sf Film Society Names 8 Screenwriting Finalists (Exclusive)

Edit IMDb 31 Aug 2015
This year, finalists include "Howl" and "The Celluloid Closet" writer/director Rob Epstein, and Maris Curran, whose David Oyelowo-starrer "Five Nights in Maine" premieres in Toronto. Read More ... ....

Vito Russo, the Visual Arts and AIDS

Edit Huffington Post 21 Aug 2015
by Lawrence D. Mass. from left, Larry Mass, Arnie Kantrowitz and Vito Russo. For the last three years, New York City has been host to The "Last Address" Tribute Walk ... As adapted for film by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, The Celluloid Closet was nominated for numerous awards, and GLAAD susbequently named an annual Vito Russo Award to recognize openly GLBT achievement in fighting homophobia in film and the media ... Vito with Larry Kramer....

15 Things to Know About the Academy’s Board of Governors Election

Edit The Wrap 02 Jul 2015
Also Read. Oscar Voter Diversity Report Card ... 1 ... Also Read ... 2 ... Also Read ... 3 ... 4 ... This year the branch’s third governor, Rob Epstein, is termed out, which opens the field to four newcomers; Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) is the best known, with Rory Kennedy, Orlando Bagwell and Karen Goodman also in the hunt. With Epstein termed out, the incumbent can’t win this year, and this much is guaranteed....

'Tab Hunter' Director Jeffrey Schwarz Takes Frameline Film Fest Award

Edit IMDb 23 Jun 2015
At an emotional ceremony in front of a standing-room-only crowd, the award was presented by noted Bay Area filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, who had employed Schwarz, fresh out of film school, ......
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