Prior to writing and directing Chinese Take-Away (Un Cuento Chino), Sebastián Borensztein co-wrote and directed Sin Memoria for Lionsgate Entertainment and Grupo Televisa. His previous film,La Suerte Esta Echada(2005) won numerous awards, including the New Filmmaker Award from the French Critics Society at the Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, and the Rail D ‘Oc prize for best screenplay and Audience Awards at the Trieste Latino Cinema Festival.

Borensztein was one of the most successful and prolific TV producers, directors, and writers in Argentina. He created nearly a dozen TV series, including El Garante, which won four Martin Fierros and a nomination for the international Emmy. In 2000, Borensztein won the Konex award recognizing him as one of the five best directors of the decade in Argentina. That same year he created the seriesTiempo Final, which broke records for rating and has been transmitted in more than 50 countries. It has been sold to Fox Television for Latin America, and for remakes in Spain, Russia, and Israel among others.Tiempo Final was also nominated for an international Emmy.