About
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
Mr. Nobody Against Putin2025 · Director, Writer, Producer
Can't Feel Nothing2024 · Director, Writer
Inside China's Tech Boom2023 · Director
The Great Electric Airplane Race2022 · Producer
Superbats2022 · Director
Race for the Vaccine2021 · Editor, Co-Producer
Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star2021 · Director, Producer
Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China2021 · Director, Producer, Editor
How We Change2021 · Director
Decoding COVID-192020 · Producer
The Real Thing2018 · Production Supervisor
Dream Empire2016 · Director, Writer
Rent-a-Foreigner2015 · Director
Chinese Dreamland2015 · Director
Big Dirk2015 · Director
The Urban Wave2015 · Director
The Hand That Feeds2014 · Associate Producer