Dustin Lance Black
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 | Writing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7474 |
| Birthday | 1974-06-10 |
| Place of Birth | Sacramento, California, USA |
| Also Known As |
2010
8: The Mormon Proposition
5.5/22
Filmmaker and ex-Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints member Reed Cowan examines that church's nationwide efforts to prevent the legalization o...
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8: The Mormon Proposition
2003
The Singing Forest
4.346/13
A tragic tale of two lovers from the holocaust. Fate tore them apart, destiny brought them together.
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The Singing Forest
2011
Hollywood to Dollywood
6.6/8
Gay twins Gary and Larry have always loved Dolly Parton. They left their small town home ten years ago to make it in Hollywood and are finally ready t...
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Hollywood to Dollywood
2014
The Case Against 8
6.8/25
A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team t...
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The Case Against 8
2022
Mama's Boy
3/4
Traveling back to the places where he grew up, Dustin Lance Black explores his childhood roots, gay identity and close relationship with his mother, w...
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Mama's Boy
2014
Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
5.9/7
An intimate portrait of recently retired Congressman Barney Frank, one of our most well-known and least understood political figures, this documentary...
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Compared To What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank
2013
The Out List
5.9/23
Through the voices of Americans from all walks of life, The Out List explores the identities of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community...
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The Out List
2008
Milk
7.215/2410
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an acti...
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Milk
2018
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
7.7/3
Documentary exploring The Advocate's role at the forefront of the LGBT movement in the U.S.
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The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2019
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
6.2/7
A story of the LGBT struggle from the 1960s to the present, after the Stonewall riot sparked the militant action in New York that was to spread around...
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The Spark: The Origins of Pride
2017
When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
9/2
"When We Rise: The People Behind the Story" is a one-hour documentary complementing ABC's scripted mini-series "When We Rise" by chronicling the perso...
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When We Rise: The People Behind The Story
2002
On the Bus
3.667/3
Take six young gay guys, one bus, seven days, and ten video cameras. Add a trip to Burning Man - a festival of radical self-expression in the desert -...
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On the Bus
2012
8
5.25/4
Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.
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8
2011
Illegal Love
1/2
In 2008 French filmmaker Julie Gali traveled to the US to film the election of Barack Obama. In spite of this victory for civil rights, it soon became...
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