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Dustin Lance Black

Dustin Lance Black

Born: 1974-06-10 • Sacramento, California, USA

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.

Filmography
Mama's Boy poster
Mama's Boy
2022 • Self
The Spark: The Origins of Pride poster
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
2019 • Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom poster
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 • Self
When We Rise: The People Behind The Story poster
When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
2017
The Case Against 8 poster
The Case Against 8
2014 • Self
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank poster
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
2014 • Self
The Out List poster
The Out List
2013 • Himself
8 poster
8
2012 • Self
Hollywood to Dollywood poster
Hollywood to Dollywood
2011 • Self
Illegal Love poster
Illegal Love
2011 • Self
8: The Mormon Proposition poster
8: The Mormon Proposition
2010 • Narrator
Milk poster
Milk
2008 • Castro Clone
The Singing Forest poster
The Singing Forest
2003 • Bill
On the Bus poster
On the Bus
2002 • Self