Dustin Lance Black

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

8: The Mormon Proposition
8: The Mormon Proposition
The Singing Forest
The Singing Forest
Hollywood to Dollywood
Hollywood to Dollywood
Mama's Boy
Mama's Boy
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
The Out List
The Out List
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
The Spark: The Origins of Pride

Filmography

2022 Mama's Boy
as Self
2020 Visible: Out on Television
as Self
2019 The Spark: The Origins of Pride
as Self
2018 The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
as Self
2017 When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
as
2014 The Case Against 8
as Self
2014 Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
as Self
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2013 The Out List
as Himself
2012 8
as Self
2011 Hollywood to Dollywood
as Self
2010 8: The Mormon Proposition
as Narrator
2008 Milk
as Castro Clone
2003 The Singing Forest
as Bill
2002 On the Bus
as Self
1979 Question Time
as Himself - Panellist