Brooke Berman

Brooke Berman

(She/Her)
Filmmaker & Playwright
Ramona At Midlife LLC
Full Bio
Brooke Berman is an acclaimed playwright, filmmaker and memoirist who recently made her feature directorial debut with RAMONA AT MIDLIFE. Brooke wrote and directed the short film, UGGS FOR GAZA which premiered at the Aspen International ShortsFest where it won Audience Special Recognition award. UGGS also screened at Toronto Shorts Fest and Santa Fe Film Festival. ALL SAINTS DAY, a short film Brooke wrote, directed by Will Frears, won Best Narrative Short at the Savannah Film Festival and played at the Tribeca Film Festival. PRETTY DOESN'T HURT (directed by Jennifer Rau) premiered at the Idyllwild Festival and won Vanguard Awards. Brooke adapted her play SMASHING for Natalie Portman and has written features for The Mark Gordon Company, Vox Films, Red Crown, and Fugitive Films. www.brookeberman.net
Professional Credits
Brooke Berman is a playwright, filmmaker and memoirist. She has written films for Natalie Portman, The Mark Gordon Company, Vox Films, Fugitive Films and Red Crown. Brooke adapted and directed the short UGGS FOR GAZA which premiered at the Aspen International ShortsFest where it won Audience Special Recognition award. ALL SAINTS DAY, a short film Brooke wrote, directed by Will Frears, won Best Narrative Short at the Savannah Film Festival and played at the Tribeca Film Festival. Brooke’s feature POLLY FREED was chosen to be part of New York Stage and Film’s Screenwriters Lab where it was mentored by Kyra Sedgewick, Zach Helm and Billy Goldberg and selected as part the MOME (Mayor’s Office of NYC) inaugural finance lab for female filmmakers and NYWIFT From Script to Preproduction lab. PF has made it to “second round” for Sundance Screenwriting Labs two years in a row and won Best Screenplay at the Toronto Independent Film Festival in 2020. Brooke is currently developing RAMONA AT MIDLIFE, her directorial deb
Industry Awards
Helen Merrill Award, Berilla Kerr Award, Le Compte Du Nuoy Award -- all for playwriting. Best Narrative Short: Savannah Film Festival, Audience Special Recognition, Aspen International Shorts Festival.
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