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name: "Robert Goldstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-goldstein"
fi1m_id: "robert-goldstein"
imdb_id: "nm1367008"
tmdb_id: 8825
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T23:26:48.581787+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."
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# Robert Goldstein

## Identity

Robert Goldstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-goldstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-goldstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm1367008
- **TMDB ID:** 8825
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1367008/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8825

Costume designer. Born in San Francisco, California, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1367008/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8825

## Biography

Robert Goldstein was an American costume designer and film producer. Born in San Francisco in 1883, he was the son of Simon Goldstein, who ran a theatrical costume business serving stage and early film productions. Goldstein trained briefly in Europe as a theatre apprentice, painting scenery and making costumes, before joining the family firm.

He supplied costumes for D. W. Griffith’s *The Birth of a Nation* (1915) through the Goldstein Company and held stock in the production. In 1917 he produced and wrote *The Spirit of ’76*, a lavish film about the American Revolution. The picture led to his prosecution under the Espionage Act for content deemed hostile to Britain, then an American ally in the First World War.

*Sources: shotonwhat.com, imdb.com, bostonglobe.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Fi1m 32, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *The Spirit of '76* (1917), Producer, Scenario Writer
- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Costume Design — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)

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