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American screenwriter, director, producer and activist
United States · b. 1974
Born in California, Black, 44, was brought up in Texas. He won an Oscar for his screenplay for Milk, the 2008 film about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected politician in California. As a founding board member of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, Black helped overturn California’s anti–gay marriage Proposition 8 in 2010. Seven years later, he married the Olympic diver Tom Daley; they have a son and live in London. Black’s memoir Mama’s Boy is out now.
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On a flight between Beijing and London with Team GB divers. There was a fire on the plane. We landed on a long-abandoned strip in Siberia. Two days later, the same flight attendants told us we had beaten the odds by surviving.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2019 source ↗
The most unabashed joy I’ve ever felt was that first 24 hours of magic after our son was born in California last June.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2019 source ↗
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