David Borenstein
Directing
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
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
June 6, 2025
The Hand That Feeds
April 5, 2014
The Real Thing
May 1, 2018
Race for the Vaccine
May 15, 2021
Can't Feel Nothing
March 13, 2024
Dream Empire
November 18, 2016
The Great Electric Airplane Race
February 12, 2022
Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star
March 2, 2021
Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China
April 30, 2021
Decoding COVID-19
May 13, 2020
Behind the camera17
- 2025Mr. Nobody Against Putin Director, Writer, Producer
- 2024Can't Feel Nothing Director, Writer
- 2023Inside China's Tech Boom Director
- 2022The Great Electric Airplane Race Producer
- 2022Superbats Director
- 2021Race for the Vaccine Editor, Co-Producer
- 2021Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China Director, Producer, Editor
- 2021Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star Director, Producer
- 2021How We Change Director
- 2020