Dori Berinstein is a six-time, Tony-winning Broadway producer, an Olivier winner and an Emmy-award-winning director, producer and writer of film & TV. As a documentary filmmaker, Dori's award-winning work includes: "A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole", "ShowBusiness: The Road To Broadway", "Carol Channing: Larger Than Life", "Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love" (Emmy Award), "The Show Must Go On" and "The Last Blintz". Dori's Broadway Productions include: "Stereophonic"(Tony Award), "Company" (Tony Award), "Is This A Room", "Dana H", "The Prom" (Drama Desk Award), "Legally Blonde" (Olivier Award), "Virginia Woolf" (Tony Award), "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (Tony Award), "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (Tony Award), "Flower Drum Song", "The Crucible", "Golden Child", "Big" and "Fool Moon" (Tony Award). For Television, Dori directed and produced "Joshua Bell: Music at Home", and directed, produced and created the TV Series "Eavesdropping with Alan Cumming" and all four seasons of "The Isaac Mizrahi Show". Dori executive produced and/or supervised over 50 feature, special f/x and/or animated productions, including Isaac Mizrahi's award-winning documentary "Unzipped", "Dirty Dancing" (both the feature film & TV series) and Jim Henson's "MuppetVision 3-D". She also produced Ryan Murphy's adaptation of her Broadway Musical The Prom for Netflix (Golden Globe Nominee). Dori has executive produced websites for Oprah and President Clinton. She spearheaded creative development and production for DreamWorks Theatricals and has worked as a Producer and/or an Executive for Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures, NBC, MTV, Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop, Oxygen Media, Vestron Pictures, and Walt Disney Imagineering. Dori is the recipient of Broadway's Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Theatre Producing and the Jacob Burns Vision Award. She is Co-Founder and CEO of The Broadway Podcast Network, the preeminent home for Broadway-related digital storytelling. (bpn.fm/). Dori serves on the Broadway League's Board of Governors, as well as the New Dramatists and Jacob Burns Board of Directors. Dori began her professional career as an Investment Banker in Mergers & Acquisitions for Morgan Stanley.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Director, producer and writer
- 14 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Dori Berinstein's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 10 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 5 · Charged 5 · Intense 1
Steady 8 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 5
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 11 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Bittersweet3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Dori Berinstein's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Dori Berinstein's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Couture to the Max (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Show Must Go On(2021)
The Prom(2020)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Gotta Dance(2008)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Unzipped(1995)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Enid Is Sleeping(1990)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Little Monsters(1989)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Hider in the House(1989)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Parents(1988)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Dirty Dancing(1987)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles from 1987 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Unzipped (1995)
Highest rated
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (2024)
Most popular right now
The Prom (2020)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Won a Primetime Emmy in 2014, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Dori Berinstein's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of the 13 of 14 with a score; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 66/100 and the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Dori Berinstein work with?
People who share at least 2 of Dori Berinstein's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mitchell Cannold shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Richard HankinShared titles: Gotta Dance (2008), ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Hankin
Actors
- Alan CummingShared titles: A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole (2024), ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Cumming
- Idina MenzelShared titles: Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013), ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Idina Menzel
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Adam ZuckerShared titles: Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012), Gotta Dance (2008), ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Adam Zucker
- Alan DeutschShared titles: Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013), ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Deutsch
- Craig SharmatShared titles: Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012), Gotta Dance (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Craig Sharmat
- Rob VanAlkemadeShared titles: Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012), ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Rob VanAlkemade
Producers
- Mitchell CannoldShared titles: Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013), ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007), Enid Is Sleeping (1990), Little Monsters (1989)See all 4 shared titles with Mitchell Cannold
- John DavisShared titles: Enid Is Sleeping (1990), Little Monsters (1989)See all 2 shared titles with John Davis
