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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 12

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

Biography

Borenstein wrote, edited, and directed the 2003 film Swordswallowers and Thin Men while a senior at Yale University. The film starred Peter Cellini, Zoe Kazan, Fran Kranz and Graham Norris, and featured Army Wives star Sally Pressman and Midnight's Children lead Satya Bhabha. The film won Best Feature and Best Screenplay at the New York Independent Film Festival and was named Best First Feature 2003 by Los Angeles Times critic Kevin Thomas. Borenstein's 2008 screenplay What Is Life Worth?, based on Kenneth Feinberg's memoir of the same name, was honored with inclusion on the The Black List, an annual list compiled by Hollywood executives of their favorite unproduced screenplays. His 2009 screenplay Jimi, commissioned by Legendary Pictures and based on the life of guitarist Jimi Hendrix, was also included on The Black List. Borenstein wrote additional projects for Legendary, including Godzilla. For future projects, Borenstein will write the sequel for Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island for Legendary, Paladin for Walt Disney Pictures, and Mona for New Regency. In April 2016, Borenstein was announced as an executive producer for HBO's Vinyl's second season.

Most Famous Work

Godzilla vs. Kong
Average
8

Godzilla vs. Kong

(2021) Screenplay
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Average
7
Godzilla
Average
6

Godzilla

(2014) Screenplay
Kong: Skull Island
Average
7

Kong: Skull Island

(2017) Screenplay
The Terror
Average
7

The Terror

(2018) Executive Producer
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Average
8
Worth
Average
7

Worth

(2021) Writer
Minority Report
Average
6

Minority Report

(2015) Creator

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Executive Producer
2021 Producer
2018 Executive Producer
2015 Executive Producer
Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Creator

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2003 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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