Dustin Lance Black
1974
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
native language: English
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, North Salinas High School, Pasadena City College
occupation: screenwriter, film director, film producer, film editor, writer, television producer, actor, LGBTQI+ rights activist
award received: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Paul Selvin Award, Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay, San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay
official website: www.dustinlanceblack.com
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. Black is a founding board member of the American Foundation for Equal Rights and writer of 8, a staged reenactment of the federal trial that led to a federal court's overturn of California's Proposition 8. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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