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Dustin Lance Black
- Born
- 1974-06-10
- Birthplace
- Sacramento, California, USA
Biography
Dustin Lance Black (born June 10, 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBT rights activist. He is known for writing the film Milk, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2009. He has also subsequently written the screenplays for the film J. Edgar and the 2022 crime miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven.
Known For
Filmography
30 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
King of Drag
2025 · TV Show
Self - Guest Judge
Rock Out
2025 · Movie
Director
Rustin
2023 · Movie
Screenplay
Mama's Boy
2022 · Movie
Self · Book
Under the Banner of Heaven
2022 · TV Show
Executive Producer · Writer · Director · Story · Teleplay · Creator
Visible: Out on Television
2020 · TV Show
Self
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
2019 · Movie
Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 · Movie
Self
When We Rise
2017 · TV Show
Executive Producer · Writer · Director · Creator
When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
2017 · Movie
Cast
Prophet's Prey
2015 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Text
2015 · Movie
Director · Writer
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
2014 · Movie
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Case Against 8
2014 · Movie
Self
The Out List
2013 · Movie
Himself
8
2012 · Movie
Self · Writer
Hollywood to Dollywood
2011 · Movie
Self
Illegal Love
2011 · Movie
Self
J. Edgar
2011 · Movie
Writer
8: The Mormon Proposition
2010 · Movie
Narrator
Virginia
2010 · Movie
Director · Writer
Milk
2008 · Movie
Castro Clone · Writer · Executive Producer
Pedro
2008 · Movie
Screenplay · Story
Big Love
2006 · TV Show
Writer · Staff Writer · Executive Story Editor
The Singing Forest
2003 · Movie
Bill
Becoming Men
2002 · Movie
Producer
On the Bus
2002 · Movie
Self · Director
The Journey of Jared Price
2000 · Movie
Producer · Director · Screenplay
Question Time
1979 · TV Show
Himself - Panellist