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Dustin Lance Black
Born: 1974-06-10 in 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.
Rated Filmography (14)
Sorted by Score9.0
When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
2017
7.7
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
7.2
Milk
2008
6.8
The Case Against 8
2014
6.6
Hollywood to Dollywood
2011
6.2
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
2019
5.9
The Out List
2013
5.9
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
2014
5.5
8: The Mormon Proposition
2010
5.3
8
2012
4.3
The Singing Forest
2003
3.8
On the Bus
2002
3.0
Mama's Boy
2022
1.0
Illegal Love
2011