Samuel Garza Bernstein (born 1970[1]) is an American screenwriter, playwright, director and author who grew up all over the world, living in Cairo, Honolulu, Austin, Phoenix, Albuquerque, New York City, Los Angeles, and Ft. Collins, Colorado, while his family also traveled through Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean.

[3] Writers Guild of America Writers Access Project Honoree (2018)[4] London Independent Film Awards Best Original Screenplay Elephant & Castle (2017)[5] British Independent Film Festival Special Citation Elephant & Castle (2016)[6] Anna Sosenko Trust Grant Mr.

Confidential: The Man, His Magazine & The Movieland Massacre That Changed Hollywood Forever (2006)[10] GLAAD Nominee Best TV Film (2003); Emmy Nomination Bernadette Peters; Advocate Top Ten Television Events of the Year Bobbie's Girl (2002)[11] Houston International Film Festival Gold Award, Charleston International Film Festival Silver Award Silent Lies (1996)[12] American Library Association Stonewall Book Award for Non-Fiction (1995)[13] Samuel Garza Bernstein has written stage plays and musicals, television shows, movies, and books; working in Los Angeles, New York, and London.

After studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts he began to work as an actor and singer, most notably playing the role of "Magaldi" in various productions of Evita.

Confidential" was published by Walford Press in 2007 and Liz Smith proclaimed that, "It reads like a house afire in a sultry swamp!".