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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.
Top Filmography

7.2
Milk
2008 // MOVIE

5.2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 // TV

6.8
The Case Against 8
2014 // MOVIE

5.9
The Out List
2013 // MOVIE

5.5
8: The Mormon Proposition
2010 // MOVIE

6.9
Visible: Out on Television
2020 // TV

5.5
Question Time
1979 // TV

4.0
The Singing Forest
2003 // MOVIE

6.6
Hollywood to Dollywood
2011 // MOVIE

5.9
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
2014 // MOVIE

6.2
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
2019 // MOVIE

3.0
Mama's Boy
2022 // MOVIE

7.7
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 // MOVIE

4.0
8
2012 // MOVIE

9.0
When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
2017 // MOVIE