Dustin Lance Black
Born: 1974-06-10 in Sacramento, California, USA
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Rock Out ... (Director)
2023
- Rustin ... (Screenplay)
2022
- Under the Banner of Heaven ... (Executive Producer)
- Mama's Boy as Self
2020
- Visible: Out on Television as Self
2019
- The Spark: The Origins of Pride as Self
2017
- When We Rise ... (Executive Producer)
- When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
2015
- Prophet's Prey ... (Executive Producer)
- The Text ... (Director)
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- The Case Against 8 as Self
- Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank as Self
2013
- The Out List as Himself
2012
- 8 as Self
2011
- J. Edgar ... (Writer)
- Illegal Love as Self
- Hollywood to Dollywood as Self
2010
- Virginia ... (Director)
- 8: The Mormon Proposition as Narrator
2006
- Big Love ... (Writer)
2003
- The Singing Forest as Bill
2002
- Becoming Men ... (Producer)
- On the Bus as Self
2000
- The Journey of Jared Price ... (Director)
1979
- Question Time as Himself - Panellist