as a screenwriter, rodrigo dorfman won, with his father, the 1996 writer's guild of great britain award for best television screenplay for a bbc vj day special called "prisoners in time", starring john hurt. that was followed in 1998, with "deadline", a movie for channel 4, england, shown as part of the 50th-anniversary celebration of the declaration of human rights. "konfidenz", a radio play for the bbc, which he co-wrote with his father, was aired in england in spring 2001. he also co-wrote "shaheed", for the bbc, a teleplay on suicide bombers, "los angeles open city", a pilot for hbo on latinos in los angeles, and "blake's therapy" for salma hayek's company ventanazul.