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Abby Epstein is a film director and producer most known for working in the field of the documentary. Her film The Business of Being Born, which deals with the birth process in American hospitals, is one of her most widely known and acclaimed films.

Life and career

Abby Epstein started her career as a theatre director having her own production company, Roadworks Productions, which is based in Chicago. Roadworks Productions was founded in 1992, and the company had seen much success in the mid 1990s. After directing a few productions in Chicago, Abby moved to New York to be an assistant director on the production of Rent.

Epstein's first documentary Until the Violence Stops was released in 2003. Her next work, The Business of Being Born, debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007 and was released theatrically in 2008.

In October 2018, Epstein released Weed the People, a documentary that she worked on for 6 years with Ricki Lake as an executive producer.

Filmography

Production	Year	Role
Until the Violence Stops	2003	Director
The Business of Being Born	2008	Director, Producer
Breastmilk	2014	Producer
The Mama Sherpas	2015	Producer
Weed The People	2018	Director

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