Dustin Lance Black
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.
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Movies (23)
Rock Out
2025 · Director
Rustin
2023 · Screenplay
El niño de mamá
2022 · Self, Book
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
Prophet's Prey
2015 · Executive Producer
The Text
2015 · Director, Writer
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, Writer
J. Edgar
2011 · Writer
Hollywood to Dollywood
2011 · Self
Illegal Love
2011 · Self
Virginia
2010 · Director, Writer
8: The Mormon Proposition
2010 · Narrator
Milk: Un hombre, una revolución, una esperanza
2008 · Castro Clone, Writer, Executive Producer
Pedro
2008 · Screenplay, Story
The Singing Forest
2003 · Bill
Becoming Men
2002 · Producer
On the Bus
2002 · Self, Director
The Journey of Jared Price
2000 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
TV shows (7)
King of Drag
2025 · Self - Guest Judge
Por mandato del cielo
2022 · Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Story, Teleplay, Creator
Visible: Out on Television
2020 · Self
When We Rise
2017 · Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
Big Love
2006 · Writer, Staff Writer, Executive Story Editor
Question Time
1979 · Himself - Panellist