Dustin Lance Black
Writing · Executive Producer · Producer · Director
Born Jun 10, 1974 · Sacramento, California, USA
Active 2000–present
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.
Filmography
Rock Out (2025) — DirectorRustin (2023) — ScreenplayUnder the Banner of Heaven (2022) — Executive Producer · Writer · Director · Story · Teleplay · CreatorMama's Boy (2022) — BookWhen We Rise (2017) — Executive Producer · Writer · Director · CreatorWhen We Rise: The People Behind The Story (2017)Prophet's Prey (2015) — Executive ProducerThe Text (2015) — Director · Writer8 (2012) — WriterJ. Edgar (2011) — WriterVirginia (2010) — Director · Writer8: The Mormon Proposition (2010) — NarratorMilk (2008) — Castro Clone · Writer · Executive ProducerPedro (2008) — Screenplay · StoryBig Love (2006) — Writer · Staff Writer · Executive Story EditorThe Singing Forest (2003) — BillOn the Bus (2002) — DirectorBecoming Men (2002) — ProducerThe Journey of Jared Price (2000) — Producer · Director · Screenplay