Known for

Directing

Place of birth

Miami, Florida, USA

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.

Titles

NOVA

Series • 1974

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Movie • 2025

Dream Empire

Movie • 2016

The Real Thing

Movie • 2018

Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star

Movie • 2021

Race for the Vaccine

Movie • 2021

Can't Feel Nothing

Movie • 2024

Decoding COVID-19

Movie • 2020