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.
Movie Appearances

8: The Mormon Proposition
as Narrator
2010

The Singing Forest
as Bill
2003

Hollywood to Dollywood
as Self
2011

The Case Against 8
as Self
2014

Mama's Boy
as Self
2022

Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
as Self
2014

The Out List
as Himself
2013

Milk
as Castro Clone
2008

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

The Spark: The Origins of Pride
as Self
2019

When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
2017

On the Bus
as Self
2002

8
as Self
2012

Illegal Love
as Self
2011


