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.
Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star
(Director)
The Real Thing
(Production Supervisor)
Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star
(Producer)
The Hand That Feeds
(Associate Producer)
Can't Feel Nothing
(Director)
The Great Electric Airplane Race
(Producer)
Dream Empire
(Director)
Can't Feel Nothing
(Writer)
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
(Director)
Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China
(Director)
Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China
(Producer)
Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China
(Editor)
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
(Writer)
Dream Empire
(Writer)
Rent-a-Foreigner
(Director)
Inside China's Tech Boom
(Director)
Decoding COVID-19
(Producer)
Race for the Vaccine
(Editor)
Race for the Vaccine
(Co-Producer)
Superbats
(Director)
Chinese Dreamland
(Director)
Big Dirk
(Director)
The Urban Wave
(Director)
How We Change
(Director)
NOVA
(Director)