--- name: "Dustin Lance Black" canonical: "https://film.one/person/dustin-lance-black" fi1m_id: "dustin-lance-black" imdb_id: "nm0085257" tmdb_id: 123997 wikidata_id: "Q717302" roles: ["Writer"] born: "10 June 1974" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "writer" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-03T03:10:45.365620+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Dustin Lance Black ## Identity Dustin Lance Black - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dustin-lance-black - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** dustin-lance-black - **IMDb ID:** nm0085257 - **TMDB ID:** 123997 - **Wikidata ID:** Q717302 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Lance_Black, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717302, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085257/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123997 Writer. Born 10 June 1974 in Sacramento, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 10 June 1974, Sacramento, California, USA - **Active:** 2006–present - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 writing - **Frequently works with:** [Bruce Cohen](https://film.one/person/bruce-cohen.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (2), 2020s 68 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Lance_Black, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717302, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085257/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123997 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Big Love*](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md) (79) - **Netflix:** [*Rustin*](https://film.one/film/rustin.md) (68) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Dustin Lance Black is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He was born on 10 June 1974 in Sacramento, California, and graduated with honours from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1996. Black wrote the screenplay for the 2008 film *Milk*, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2009. His other writing credits include the films *J. Edgar* (2011) and *Rustin* (2023), the miniseries *Under the Banner of Heaven* (2022) and the HBO series *Big Love* (2006–09). He began his career writing and directing early independent films such as *The Journey of Jared Price* (2000). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (1) - *Milk* (2008), Fi1m 83, as Castro Clone — [page](https://film.one/film/milk.md) ### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these - *Rustin* (2023), Fi1m 68, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/rustin.md) - *Big Love* (2006), Fi1m 79, Writer, Staff Writer, Executive Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md) ## Complete filmography (19) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Rock Out* (2025), Director - *Rustin* (2023), Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/rustin.md) - *Mama's Boy* (2022), Book - *Under the Banner of Heaven* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Story, Teleplay, Creator - *When We Rise: The People Behind The Story* (2017), Actor - *When We Rise* (2017), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator - *Prophet's Prey* (2015), Executive Producer - *The Text* (2015), Director, Writer - *8* (2012), Writer - *J. Edgar* (2011), Writer - *Virginia* (2010), Director, Writer - *8: The Mormon Proposition* (2010), as Narrator - *Milk* (2008), as Castro Clone · Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/milk.md) - *Pedro* (2008), Screenplay, Story - *Big Love* (2006), series, Writer, Staff Writer, Executive Story Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md) - *The Singing Forest* (2003), as Bill - *Becoming Men* (2002), Producer - *On the Bus* (2002), Director - *The Journey of Jared Price* (2000), Screenplay, Director, Producer ## Gallery - ![Dustin Lance Black](https://film.one/media/person/100156/gallery-fdbda61c536f.jpg) Dustin Lance Black — Matt Deegan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Dustin_Lance_Black_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/100156/gallery-31ae5ddd9cda.jpg) Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter (2008) — Earthlina, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Dustin_Lance_Black.jpg/1280px-Dustin_Lance_Black.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dustin Lance Black - screenwirter. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/100156/gallery-be6dd568c373.jpg) Dustin Lance Black - screenwirter. (2009) — Greg Hernandez (Greg in Hollywood), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Dustin_Lance_Black_2009.jpg/1280px-Dustin_Lance_Black_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black at 2010 GLAAD Media Awards.](https://film.one/media/person/100156/gallery-58cf4883f84c.jpg) Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black at 2010 GLAAD Media Awards. — Greg Hernandez, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Dustin_Lance_Black_2010_GLAAD_Media_Awards.jpg/1280px-Dustin_Lance_Black_2010_GLAAD_Media_Awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dustin Lance Black](https://film.one/media/person/100156/gallery-d1175dd50418.jpg) Dustin Lance Black — Image via TMDB - ![Dustin Lance Black at a rally in Bryant Park on 20 June 2009.](https://film.one/media/person/100156/gallery-beb76a601657.jpg) Dustin Lance Black at a rally in Bryant Park on 20 June 2009. — Geoking66, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Dustin_Lance_Black_at_Bryant_Park.JPG/1280px-Dustin_Lance_Black_at_Bryant_Park.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dustin Lance Black - the 2012 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner on Saturday, October 6 in Washington, DC, USA](https://film.one/media/person/100156/gallery-b7f7f15f76a8.jpg) Dustin Lance Black - the 2012 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner on Saturday, October 6 in Washington, DC, USA — Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Dustin_Lance_Black_at_the_2012_Human_Rights_Campaign_National_Dinner_%288062618851%29.jpg/1280px-Dustin_Lance_Black_at_the_2012_Human_Rights_Campaign_National_Dinner_%288062618851%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won - 2009: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Milk* ### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 2009: Best Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Milk* ### Other awards — 4 won, 2 nominated - Independent Spirit Awards 2009: Best First Screenplay (won), for *Milk* - Paul Selvin Award 2009: Paul Selvin Award (won), for *Milk* - Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay 2009: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay (won), for *Milk* - Critics' Choice Awards 2008: Best Original and Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Milk* - San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay 2008: San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay (won), for *Milk* - Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay 2008: Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Milk* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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