Dustin Lance Black
- Writing
- June 10, 1974 · 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
- King of Drag · Self
- Rock Out · Director
- Rustin · Screenplay
- Mama's Boy · Self, Novel
- Under the Banner of Heaven · Executive producer, Director
- Visible: Out on Television · Self
- The Spark: The Origins of Pride · Self
- The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom · Self
- When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
- When We Rise · Executive producer, Writer
- Prophet's Prey · Executive producer
- The Text · Director, Writer
- The Case Against 8 · Self
- Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Out List · Self
- 8 · Self, Writer
- J. Edgar · Writer
- Hollywood to Dollywood · Self
- Illegal Love · Self
- Virginia · Director, Writer
- 8: The Mormon Proposition · Narrator
- Milk · Castro Clone, Writer
- Pedro · Story, Screenplay
- Big Love · Writer, Staff Writer
- The Singing Forest · Bill
- Becoming Men · Producer
- On the Bus · Self, Director
- The Journey of Jared Price · Director, Producer
- Question Time · Self