---
name: "Mitch Epstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mitch-epstein"
fi1m_id: "mitch-epstein"
imdb_id: "nm0258517"
tmdb_id: 1619269
wikidata_id: "Q1939454"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:52:44.119313+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mitch Epstein

## Identity

Mitch Epstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mitch-epstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mitch-epstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0258517
- **TMDB ID:** 1619269
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1939454
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Epstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1939454, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1619269

Producer. Born 1 January 1952 in Holyoke.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1952, Holyoke
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Epstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1939454, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1619269

## Biography

Mitch Epstein is an American production designer and photographer. He served as production designer on Mira Nair’s *Salaam Bombay!* (1988) and *Mississippi Masala* (1991), and as co-producer on the latter.

Born on 23 August 1952 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Epstein trained at the Cooper Union and Rhode Island School of Design. He worked on several of Nair’s early projects in India, including as cinematographer on the documentary *India Cabaret* (1985). He was married to Nair from 1981 to 1989.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Salaam Bombay!* (1988), Fi1m 82, Co-Producer, Production design, Second Unit Director of Photography, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/salaam-bombay.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mississippi Masala* (1991), Co-Producer, Production Design
- *Salaam Bombay!* (1988), Production Design, Co-Producer, Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/salaam-bombay.md)
- *India Cabaret* (1985), Lighting Design, Director of Photography
- *So Far from India* (1983), Director of Photography

## Gallery

- ![Portrait of Mitch Epstein by Nina Subin. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/5553972/gallery-091e898d3b57.jpg) Portrait of Mitch Epstein by Nina Subin. (2014) — R wm spencer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Mitch_Epstein-Nina_Subin.jpg/1280px-Mitch_Epstein-Nina_Subin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mitch Epstein in Redwoods National Park in 2021 by Christopher Michel](https://film.one/media/person/5553972/gallery-eefd31ed11c3.jpg) Mitch Epstein in Redwoods National Park in 2021 by Christopher Michel — Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Mitch_Epstein_in_Redwoods_National_Park_2021_02.jpg/1280px-Mitch_Epstein_in_Redwoods_National_Park_2021_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mitch Epstein](https://film.one/media/person/5553972/gallery-efa948f987fb.jpg) Mitch Epstein — Hpschaefer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Epstein_mitch_galerie_zander_170307.jpg/1280px-Epstein_mitch_galerie_zander_170307.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The american photographer Mitch Epstein at Zander gallery, Cologne, Germany, March 2007](https://film.one/media/person/5553972/gallery-5cedfa55c5d0.jpg) The american photographer Mitch Epstein at Zander gallery, Cologne, Germany, March 2007 — Hpschaefer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Epstein_mitch_Koeln_galerie_zander_170307.jpg/1280px-Epstein_mitch_Koeln_galerie_zander_170307.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mitch Epstein at Dashwood Books, 2021 photo by Ryan Spencer](https://film.one/media/person/5553972/gallery-344fac577b11.jpg) Mitch Epstein at Dashwood Books, 2021 photo by Ryan Spencer — R wm spencer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Dashwood_September_2021_copy.jpg/1280px-Dashwood_September_2021_copy.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 2008: Berlin Prize (won)

### Other awards — 1 won

- Guggenheim Fellowship 2002: Guggenheim Fellowship (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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