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.
8: The Mormon Proposition
(Narrator)
The Singing Forest
(Bill)
Hollywood to Dollywood
(Self)
The Case Against 8
(Self)
Mama's Boy
(Self)
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
(Self)
The Out List
(Himself)
Milk
(Castro Clone)
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
(Self)
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
(Self)
When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Question Time
(Himself - Panellist)
Visible: Out on Television
(Self)
Prophet's Prey
(Executive Producer)
The Journey of Jared Price
(Producer)
The Journey of Jared Price
(Director)
The Journey of Jared Price
(Screenplay)
J. Edgar
(Writer)
Virginia
(Director)
Virginia
(Writer)
Pedro
(Screenplay)
Pedro
(Story)
Mama's Boy
(Book)
The Text
(Director)
Milk
(Writer)
Rustin
(Screenplay)
The Text
(Writer)
Milk
(Executive Producer)
8
(Writer)
Becoming Men
(Producer)
On the Bus
(Director)
Big Love
(Writer)
When We Rise
(Executive Producer)
When We Rise
(Writer)
When We Rise
(Director)
Under the Banner of Heaven
(Executive Producer)
Under the Banner of Heaven
(Director)
Under the Banner of Heaven
(Writer)
Under the Banner of Heaven
(Teleplay)
Under the Banner of Heaven
(Story)
Big Love
(Staff Writer)
Big Love
(Executive Story Editor)
When We Rise
(Creator)
Under the Banner of Heaven
(Creator)