Barbara Cigarroa

Barbara Cigarroa is a Mexican American filmmaker from South Texas. She holds an MFA in screenwriting from Columbia University and a BA in English from Yale. Cigarroa’s screenplay EL OTRO LADO was selected for the 2019 Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Lab. It was also chosen to be a part of The BlackList’s inaugural Latinx List. Her short film DIOS NUNCA MUERE had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival; and in 2019, Cigarroa was celebrated by Filmmaker Magazine as one of the “Top 25 New Faces of Independent Film.” EL OTRO LADO is set to be Cigarroa’s first feature. Additionally, Cigarroa works as a writer and consultant for various narrative, documentary, and TV projects, current and past work including with Red Crown, K. Period, Paramount Plus, and ITVS. She is also a Visiting Professor in Screenwriting at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.