David Borenstein
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Mr. Nobody Against Putin ... (Director)
2024
- Can't Feel Nothing as Himself
2023
- Inside China's Tech Boom ... (Director)
2022
- The Great Electric Airplane Race ... (Producer)
- Superbats ... (Director)
2021
- Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star ... (Director)
- Race for the Vaccine ... (Editor)
- How We Change ... (Director)
- Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China ... (Director)
2020
- Decoding COVID-19 ... (Producer)
2018
- The Real Thing ... (Production Supervisor)
2016
- Dream Empire ... (Director)
2015
- Chinese Dreamland ... (Director)
- Rent-a-Foreigner ... (Director)
- The Urban Wave ... (Director)
- Big Dirk ... (Director)
2014
- The Hand That Feeds ... (Associate Producer)
1974
- NOVA ... (Director)