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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Milk (2008) — Castro Clone
2. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self - Guest
3. The Case Against 8 (2014) — Self
4. The Out List (2013) — Himself
5. 8: The Mormon Proposition (2010) — Narrator
6. Visible: Out on Television (2020) — Self
7. Question Time (1979) — Himself - Panellist
8. The Singing Forest (2003) — Bill
9. Hollywood to Dollywood (2011) — Self
10. Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank (2014) — Self
11. The Spark: The Origins of Pride (2019) — Self
12. Mama's Boy (2022) — Self
13. 8 (2012) — Self
14. The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom (2018) — Self
15. On the Bus (2002) — Self
16. When We Rise: The People Behind The Story (2017)
17. Illegal Love (2011) — Self

Directed

1. Under the Banner of Heaven (2022) — Director
2. Virginia (2010) — Director
3. When We Rise (2017) — Director
4. The Journey of Jared Price (2000) — Director
5. The Text (2015) — Director
6. On the Bus (2002) — Director
7. Rock Out (2025) — Director