Sabrina Dhawan

Sabrina is best known for her screenwriting work on critically acclaimed feature films, as well as for producing and directing her own independent short films. Monsoon Wedding, directed by Mira Nair, is one of her earliest and most well-known works. The film premiered in the Marché du Film section of the 54th Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for various awards, including the Golden Globes. She wrote the segment India, also directed by Mira Nair, as part of a series of short films on September 11 for Canal Plus. Sabrina also co-wrote the documentary Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra along with writing screenplays for Bollywood films such as Kaminey, Ishqiya and Rangoon. Sabrina's student short film Saanjh (As Night Falls) was awarded Best of the Festival at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films. Throughout her career, Sabrina has been commissioned to write for studios and production companies such as UTV, 20th Century Fox, HBO, Disney, Fox-Star, Killer Films, ABC Family and Fox Searchlight and she has also taught at filmmaking labs around the world, including Uganda, Tanzania, India, and the continental USA. She is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Sabrina was previously in the writers' room for Vishal Bhardwaj's series adaptation of Midnight's Children.