Abby Epstein

ABBY EPSTEIN made her film directing debut at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival with V-Day: Until the Violence Stops, featuring Jane Fonda, Salma Hayek and Rosie Perez. The film premiered on Lifetime Television, receiving both an Emmy and a Gracie Allen Award.
She teamed up with Ricki Lake for their widely acclaimed documentary, The Business of Being Born, which premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and was released by New Line Cinema/Netflix and broadcast on Showtime.
Weed the People, premiered at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival where it was acquired by Netflix and won the Audience Award at the Nashville Film Festival.
Her most recent film, The Business of Birth Control, premiered at DOC NYC 2021 and played at Sheffield Doc Fest and Human Rights Film Festival Berlin. It premiered at IFC Theaters in 2022.
Prior to her film work, Ms. Epstein directed Broadway theater, helming national tours and international productions of RENT and The Vagina Monologues.