BIO

Christian Dai Duong Borchers was born in 1984 in Dresden, Germany.
He left his hometown after studying Musical Composition at Dresden’s
“Carl Maria von Weber” Musical Conservatory to work as an assistant
photographer in Berlin and Paris. He then worked as a professional
photographer for a decade, for Rolling Stone, Intro, and Visions, among
others.
In this time, his focus turned to film directing and writing. In 2017,
he created his first short film, Calla, followed by “10-37“ , a 15 minute
short film for the thater production Serenade für Nadja (Theater Ober-
hausen), and Calma, a short dance film in collaboration with dancer and
choregrapher Azahara Sanz Jara.
Since 2021, Christian Dai Doung Borchers has worked as a video artist
for various theaters (Schauspielhaus Leipzig, Theater an der Josefstadt,
Staatstheater Mainz, Theater Oberhausen) and operas (Oper Frankfurt,
Bregenzer Festspiele, Theater an der Wien), with the directors Amélie
Niermeyer, Ebru Tartıcı Borchers and Vasily Barkhatov, among others.
During this time, he also wrote the feature film script Hopper – The
End of the Sun, which reached the semifinals of the 2020 Cinequest
Screenwriting Competition. In 2023, he wrote the script for the feature
film The Protagonist. Filming took place in July 2024 in Vienna, Austria.
Post-production was completed in November 2025.

He currently lives in Vienna with his wife Ebru Tartici Borchers (https://www.anlatebru.com/) and four cats.