Sebastián Borensztein took up a degree in Communication at the Universidad del Salvador (Argentina). Later, he was trained in directing actors at the Augusto Fernández School. In the mid-80s he worked as a creative designer in the world of advertising. Thanks to his father, the comedian Tato Bores, he became successful in his first jobs as a screenwriter on television, especially with the acclaimed series Tiempo final (2002). In 2005, he made his debut as a film director with La suerte está echada, which was well acclaimed by critics and the public, as well as his following works: Sin memoria (2010) and, especially, Un cuento chino, starring Ricardo Darín , with whom he works again in Capitán Koblic (2016) and La odisea de los giles (2019).