2008Nominee
Best Performance
Milk
Dustin Lance Black
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Sacramento, California, USA
June 10, 1974
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2011Nominee
Best Writing
J. Edgar
2023Nominee
Best Writing
Rustin
Career Highlights
2010Highlight
Best Director
Virginia
2012Highlight
Best Performance
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