Directing
David Borenstein
DA, EN, ZH, FR cinema · 17 credits
Birthplace
Miami, Florida, USA
Also known as Дэвид Боренстайн
David Borenstein is an American documentary filmmaker. Borenstein lives and works in Copenhagen. Borenstein began his career in radio broadcasting and directed his first feature film, Dream Empire, in 2016. He spent ten years in China working on the film, shooting documentaries about the fringes of Chinese society. For this work, he received several nominations and won the Golden Alexander for Best Documentary at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. In 2025, he released the documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin, which screened in the main competition at the Sundance Film Festival.
Known for
Filmography
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Director, Writer, Producer
Can't Feel Nothing
as Himself, Director, Writer
Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star
Director, Producer
Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China
Director, Producer, Editor
Race for the Vaccine
Editor, Co-Producer
The Real Thing
Production Supervisor
Dream Empire
Director, Writer
The Hand That Feeds
Associate Producer