Dustin Lance Black

Writer

Born: June 10, 1974 (age 52)
From: 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 (18)

Rock Out (2025)
Director
Mama's Boy (2022)
Self
The Spark: The Origins of Pride (2019)
Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom (2018)
Self
When We Rise: The People Behind The Story (2017)
The Text (2015)
Director
The Case Against 8 (2014)
Self
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank (2014)
Self
The Out List (2013)
Himself
8 (2012)
Self
Hollywood to Dollywood (2011)
Self
Illegal Love (2011)
Self
Virginia (2010)
Director
8: The Mormon Proposition (2010)
Narrator
Milk (2008)
Castro Clone
The Singing Forest (2003)
Bill
On the Bus (2002)
Director
The Journey of Jared Price (2000)
Director