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 * This article is about the David Bergstein, the Hollywood financier. A different David Bergstein is the spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

David Rafael Bergstein (born 1962) is an American businessman, writer and former film producer.

Early life
Bergstein was born in New York City and grew up with his father Leonard Bergstein, an engineering professor and Holocaust survivor.

Bergstein received a BS in pre-medicine at Polytechnic Institute of New York University and attended the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Career
In 1994, he co-founded Graybox (now Cyrano Group), a private equity and consulting firm where he is CEO. For the early part of this career he was an investment banker. {{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bergstein/

Personal life
Bergstein is on the board of the Sheriff's Youth Foundation, a youth program run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Bergstein, with his wife Sara, formally dedicated the Conejo Jewish Academy's adult education program to Bergstein's father, naming the program "Leonard Bergstein Jewish Academy.”

Contributing Editor
He contributes to the Huffington Post, the Times of Israel and the Algemeiner.

Selected filmography
The films Bergstein has been involved in include:
 * 2010 - Love Ranch (Producer, uncredited)
 * 2010 - 6 Souls (Executive Producer)
 * 2010 - Father of Invention (Executive Producer)
 * 2009 - Black Water Transit (Executive Producer)
 * 2008 - $5 a Day (Executive Producer)
 * 2008 - The Edge of Love (Executive Producer)
 * 2008 - Blackout (Executive Producer)
 * 2007 - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Executive Producer)
 * 2006 - .45 (Producer)
 * 2006 - Alpha Male (Producer)
 * 2006 - Bordertown (Producer)
 * 2005 - Chaos (Executive Producer)
 * 2005 - The Wendell Baker Story (Executive Producer)
 * 2005 - Dead Fish (Producer)
 * 2005 - The Whole Ten Yards (Executive Producer)
 * 2004 - Laws of Attraction (Producer)
 * 2004 - Spartan (Producer)