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dustin lance black at the 81st academy awards sacramento , california 230px '' original screenplay '' ' 2008 '' milk '' ` academy awards '' ' '' ` best american '' '' milk '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- '' 8 '' -lrb- big 2011 -rrb- love '' -lrb- 2006 -- 2009 -rrb- 10 june 1974 dustin lance black at the 81st academy awards.jpg dustin lance black
 dustin lance black tom daley -lrb- 2013-present -rrb- screenwriter , film director , film producer ucla school of theater , film and television '96
dustin lance black

dustin lance black -lrb- born june 10 , 1974 -rrb- is an american screenwriter , director , film and television producer and lgbt rights activist .
he has won a writers guild of america award and an academy award for the 2008 film `` milk '' .
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 .
