Sabrina Dhawan | |
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| Born | Sabrina Dhawan London, England |
| Subject | Indian family life, women screenwriters, Indian film |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse |
Steve Cohen (m. 2006–2012) |
Sabrina Dhawan is an Indian screenwriter and producer, born in England and raised in Delhi, India.
Dhawan is an associate professor and the area head of screenwriting at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. She has been commissioned to write for many large companies including Disney, HBO, ABC Family and 20th Century Fox.[1] She has taught at filmmaking labs all over the world.
Dhawan is most well known for her writing credits on various feature-length films, as well as some producing and directing work on her own independent short films. She works a great deal within Indian and Bollywood cinema. Monsoon Wedding, a 2001 film directed by Mira Nair, is one of her earliest and most well known works, launching her screenwriting career.
Dhawan has a brief acting cameo in Monsoon Wedding as a wedding guest.