Sabina Berman

Sabina Berman Goldberg (born August 21, 1955) is a Mexican writer and journalist. Her work deals mainly with issues related to diversity and its obstacles. She is a four-time winner of the National Playwriting Award in Mexico (Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia Juan Ruiz Alarcón) and has twice won the National Journalism Award (Premio Nacional de Periodismo). Her plays have been staged in Canada, North America, Latin America, and Europe. Her novel, Me (La mujer que buceó en el corazón del mundo) has been translated into 11 languages and published in over 33 countries, including Spain, France, the United States, England, and Israel. As a screenwriter, Berman is known for writing the screenplays of the films Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman (1996), Backyard (2009) and Gloria (2014), as well as the screenplays of the films Macho (2016) and Digger (2026). Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman, Backyard and Gloria were the Mexican nomination for the Academy Awards's Best Foreign Film category, though neither was accepted for consideration at the 69th, 82nd or the 87th Academy Awards, respectively.