David Borenstein
- Known for
- 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
Directing 13
- 2025Mr. Nobody Against Putin · director
- 2024Grosse fatigue sur le Net · director
- 2024Can't Feel Nothing · director
- 2023Inside China's Tech Boom · director
- 2022Superbats · director
- 2021Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China · director
- 2021Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star · director
- 2021How We Change · director
- 2016Dream Empire · director
- 2015Chinese Dreamland · director
- 2015The Urban Wave · director
- 2015Rent-a-Foreigner · director
- 2015Big Dirk · director
Production 8
- 2025Mr. Nobody Against Putin · producer
- 2022The Great Electric Airplane Race · producer
- 2021Race for the Vaccine · co-producer
- 2021Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China · producer
- 2021Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star · producer
- 2020Decoding COVID-19 · producer
- 2018The Real Thing · production supervisor
- 2014The Hand That Feeds · associate producer
Writing 3
- 2025Mr. Nobody Against Putin · writer
- 2024Can't Feel Nothing · writer
- 2016Dream Empire · writer
Acting 1
- 2024Can't Feel Nothing as Himself
Editing 2
- 2021Race for the Vaccine · editor
- 2021Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China · editor