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name: "David Dinerstein"
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roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T05:47:36.578224+00:00"
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# David Dinerstein

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106771303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2517209/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1732221

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)*](https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised.md) (87)

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## Biography

David Dinerstein is an American film producer and former studio executive. He has worked in production, marketing and distribution on over 200 films, including titles such as *Pulp Fiction* and *American Hustle*. He served as a senior executive at Miramax, 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures, and was one of the architects of Fox Searchlight Pictures. He is a co-founder of Mass Distraction Media.

Dinerstein produced the documentary *Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)* (2021), directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Music Film and other honours including a Producers Guild of America Award.

He has also served as executive producer on documentaries including *Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom* (2015) and narrative features such as *The Strangers: Prey at Night* (2018) and *A Private War* (2018). Dinerstein studied mass communications at Boston University.

*Sources: imdb.com, the-numbers.com, en.wikipedia.org, bu.edu, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)* (2021), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised.md)

## Also known for

- *After* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Strangers: Prey at Night* (2018), Executive Producer
- *A Private War* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom* (2015), Executive Producer

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