Writer
Dustin Lance Black
52 years · Sacramento, California, USA · 22 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 22
Rock Out
2025 · Director
Rustin
2023 · Screenplay
On Netflix
Mama's Boy
2022 · Self
On HBO Max
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
2019 · Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 · Self
On Here TV
When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
2017 · Actor
The Text
2015 · Director, Writer
The Case Against 8
2014 · Self
On HBO Max
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
2014 · Self
The Out List
2013 · Himself
On HBO Max
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
2008 · Castro Clone, Writer
On YouTube Free
Pedro
2008 · Screenplay
The Singing Forest
2003 · Bill
On Cineverse
Becoming Men
2002 · Producer
On the Bus
2002 · Self, Director
The Journey of Jared Price
2000 · Producer, Director