Directed credits
4
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Director
Dustin Lance Black
Writing
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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 16
TMDB ID: 123997
IMDb ID: nm0085257
Known for: Writing
Born: June 10, 1974
Age: 52
Place of birth: Sacramento, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2025
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 6.38
Wikidata: Q717302
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Director (4)Writer (4)Executive Producer (3)Screenplay (3)Book (1)Producer (1)
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.
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Writer
Milk
2008 • Movie
Writer
J. Edgar
2011 • Movie
Book
Mama's Boy
2022 • Movie
Screenplay
Rustin
2023 • Movie
Writer
8
2012 • Movie
Director
Virginia
2010 • Movie
as Self
Hollywood to Dollywood
2011 • Movie
as Bill
The Singing Forest
2003 • Movie
Executive Producer
Prophet's Prey
2015 • Movie
as Himself
The Out List
2013 • Movie
Producer
Becoming Men
2002 • Movie
as Narrator
8: The Mormon Proposition
2010 • Movie
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Most Popular Series
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as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Himself - Panellist • 1 eps
Question Time
1979 • Series
Writer • 5 eps
Big Love
2006 • Series
Executive Producer • 7 eps
Under the Banner of Heaven
2022 • Series
Executive Producer • 4 eps
When We Rise
2017 • Series
as Self • 5 eps
Visible: Out on Television
2020 • Series
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as Self
Mama's Boy
2022 • Movie
as Self
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
2019 • Movie
as Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 • Movie
When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
2017 • Movie
as Self
The Case Against 8
2014 • Movie
as Self
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
2014 • Movie
as Himself
The Out List
2013 • Movie
as Self
8
2012 • Movie
as Self
Hollywood to Dollywood
2011 • Movie
as Self
Illegal Love
2011 • Movie
as Narrator
8: The Mormon Proposition
2010 • Movie
as Castro Clone
Milk
2008 • Movie
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