David Borenstein

Directing·Miami, Florida, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Mr. Nobody Against Putin2025 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Can't Feel Nothing2024 · Himself, Director, Writer	Himself, Director, Writer
IInside China's Tech Boom2023 · Director	Director
The Great Electric Airplane Race2022 · Producer	Producer
SSuperbats2022 · Director	Director
Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star2021 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China2021 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
HHow We Change2021 · Director	Director
Decoding COVID-192020 · Producer	Producer
Dream Empire2016 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
RRent-a-Foreigner2015 · Director	Director
CChinese Dreamland2015 · Director	Director
BBig Dirk2015 · Director	Director
TThe Urban Wave2015 · Director	Director