FILM DIRECTOR

Dustin Lance Black

1975 - Today

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Dustin Lance Black (born June 10, 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBTQ rights activist. He is known for writing the film Milk, for which he won the Oscar for best original screenplay in 2009. He also wrote the screenplay 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 re-enactment of the federal trial that led to a federal court's overturn of California's Proposition 8. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Dustin Lance Black is the 1,966th most popular film director (down from 1,897th in 2024), the 16,037th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,671st in 2019) and the 579th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dustin Lance Black ranks 1,966 out of 2,041. Before him are Wang Quan'an, Oren Peli, Alex Kendrick, Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, Greig Fraser, and David Robert Mitchell. After him are Michaël R. Roskam, Nacho Vigalondo, Scott Silver, Roel Reiné, Götz Spielmann, and Audrey Wells.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Dustin Lance Black ranks 683. Before him are Peter Iwers, Natalia Mohylevska, Liliana Gafencu, Greig Fraser, Rahman Rezaei, and Jean-Paul Abalo. After him are Julie Ann Emery, Robert Bartko, Washington Luiz Pereira dos Santos, Joshua Gomez, Shuhei Terada, and Malik Zidi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dustin Lance Black ranks 16,044 out of 20,380. Before him are Jesse Hughes (1972), Danielle Campbell (1995), Erin Daniels (1973), Tommy Clufetos (1979), Lauren Holiday (1987), and Scott Storch (1973). After him are Billy Gould (1963), Steve Purcell (1961), Lina Esco (1985), Samira Wiley (1987), Julie Ann Emery (1975), and Madlib (1973).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Dustin Lance Black ranks 579. Before him are Vicky Jenson (1960), Mark Dindal (1960), Ryan Coogler (1986), Sean McNamara (1962), Alex Kendrick (1970), and David Robert Mitchell (1974). After him are Scott Silver (1964), Audrey Wells (1960), Boaz Yakin (1965), Debra Granik (1963), Wes Ball (1980), and Mike Mitchell (1970).

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