Dori Berinstein

Dori Berinstein

Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Directing

Details

Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Directing

Biography

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.

Dori Berinstein's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Prom
The Prom
Producer

Acting (1)

2019
The Movies That Made Us as Self (1 episode)

Directing (8)

2026
Couture to the Max • Director
• Director
2026
Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart • Director
• Director
2025
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole • Director
• Director
2021
The Show Must Go On • Director
• Director
2013
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love • Director
• Director
2012
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life • Director
• Director
2008
Gotta Dance • Director
• Director
2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway • Director
• Director

Production (10)

2026
Couture to the Max • Producer
• Producer
2026
Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart • Producer
• Producer
2025
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story • Co-Executive Producer
• Co-Executive Producer
2021
The Show Must Go On • Producer
• Producer
2020
The Prom • Producer
• Producer
1990
Enid Is Sleeping • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1989
Little Monsters • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1989
Hider in the House • Executive In Charge Of Production
• Executive In Charge Of Production
1989
Parents • Production Executive
• Production Executive
1987
Dirty Dancing • Production Executive
• Production Executive

Writing (3)

2013
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love • Writer
• Writer
2012
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life • Writer
• Writer
2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway • Writer
• Writer