Writing
Dustin Lance Black
Born 1974-06-10
Sacramento, California, USA
Department: Writing
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Dustin Lance Black
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J. Edgar
2011
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Milk
2008
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
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Big Love
2006
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Under the Banner of Heaven
2022
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Question Time
1979
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Rustin
2023
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Visible: Out on Television
2020
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When We Rise
2017
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Virginia
2010
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (49 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rock Out | Director | Movie | 2025 |
 | Rustin | Screenplay | Movie | 2023 |
 | Mama's Boy | Self | Movie | 2022 |
| Mama's Boy | Book | Movie | 2022 |
 | Under the Banner of Heaven | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
| Under the Banner of Heaven | Writer | TV Series | 2022 |
| Under the Banner of Heaven | Director | TV Series | 2022 |
| Under the Banner of Heaven | Story | TV Series | 2022 |
| Under the Banner of Heaven | Teleplay | TV Series | 2022 |
| Under the Banner of Heaven | Creator | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Visible: Out on Television | Self | TV Series | 2020 |
 | The Spark: The Origins of Pride | Self | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom | Self | Movie | 2018 |
 | When We Rise: The People Behind The Story | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 |
 | When We Rise | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2017 |
| When We Rise | Writer | TV Series | 2017 |
| When We Rise | Director | TV Series | 2017 |
| When We Rise | Creator | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Prophet's Prey | Executive Producer | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Text | Director | Movie | 2015 |
| The Text | Writer | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Case Against 8 | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Out List | Himself | Movie | 2013 |
 | 8 | Self | Movie | 2012 |
| 8 | Writer | Movie | 2012 |
 | J. Edgar | Writer | Movie | 2011 |
 | Hollywood to Dollywood | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | Illegal Love | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | Virginia | Director | Movie | 2010 |
| Virginia | Writer | Movie | 2010 |
 | 8: The Mormon Proposition | Narrator | Movie | 2010 |
 | Milk | Castro Clone | Movie | 2008 |
| Milk | Writer | Movie | 2008 |
| Milk | Executive Producer | Movie | 2008 |
 | Pedro | Screenplay | Movie | 2008 |
| Pedro | Story | Movie | 2008 |
 | Big Love | Writer | TV Series | 2006 |
| Big Love | Staff Writer | TV Series | 2006 |
| Big Love | Executive Story Editor | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The Singing Forest | Bill | Movie | 2003 |
 | Becoming Men | Producer | Movie | 2002 |
 | On the Bus | Self | Movie | 2002 |
| On the Bus | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Journey of Jared Price | Producer | Movie | 2000 |
| The Journey of Jared Price | Director | Movie | 2000 |
| The Journey of Jared Price | Screenplay | Movie | 2000 |
 | Question Time | Himself - Panellist | TV Series | 1979 |