David Borenstein
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.
Acting
Crew
TV
NOVA
Director
1974
Movie
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Director
2025
Movie
The Hand That Feeds
Associate Producer
2014
Movie
The Real Thing
Production Supervisor
2018
Movie
Can't Feel Nothing
Director
2024
Movie
Dream Empire
Director
2016
Movie
Race for the Vaccine
Editor
2021
Movie
The Great Electric Airplane Race
Producer
2022
Movie
Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star
Director
2021
Movie
Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China
Director
2021
Rent-a-Foreigner
Director
2015
Inside China's Tech Boom
Director
2023