
About
Dustin Lance Black
Overview
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
Acting |
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2022 | Mama's Boy | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2020 | Visible: Out on Television | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
2019 | The Spark: The Origins of Pride | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2018 | The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2017 | When We Rise: The People Behind The Story | Actor | 59 Average |
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2014 | The Case Against 8 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2014 | Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2013 | The Out List | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
2011 | Hollywood to Dollywood | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2010 | 8: The Mormon Proposition | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
2008 | Milk | Actor | Castro Clone | 69 Fair |
2003 | The Singing Forest | Actor | Bill | 58 Average |
2002 | On the Bus | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
Directing |
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2015 | The Text | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2010 | Virginia | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2002 | On the Bus | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2000 | The Journey of Jared Price | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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2023 | Rustin | Writing | Screenplay | 60 Fair |
2022 | Mama's Boy | Writing | Book | 58 Average |
2015 | The Text | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2012 | 8 | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2011 | J. Edgar | Writing | Writer | 61 Fair |
2010 | Virginia | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
2008 | Milk | Writing | Writer | 69 Fair |
2008 | Pedro | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
2008 | Pedro | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
2000 | The Journey of Jared Price | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
Production |
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2022 | Under the Banner of Heaven | Production | Executive Producer | 74 Good |
2017 | When We Rise | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
2015 | Prophet's Prey | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2008 | Milk | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
2002 | Becoming Men | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2000 | The Journey of Jared Price | Production | Producer | 59 Average |