
Dustin Lance Black
Known for: Writing
Born: June 10, 1974
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
2010

Mama's Boy
2022

On the Bus
2002

Illegal Love
2011

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018

When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
2017

The Spark: The Origins of Pride
2019

Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
2014

The Out List
2013

The Singing Forest
2003

Hollywood to Dollywood
2011

The Case Against 8
2014

Question Time
1979

Visible: Out on Television
2020

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

8
2012

Milk
2008