Deann Borshay Liem
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderFemale
Place of birthKorea
Known credits10
Biography
Deann Borshay Liem (born Kang Ok Jin) is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker internationally known for her landmark adoption films, First Person Plural, In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee, and Geographies of Kinship. She has directed, produced, and executive produced a variety of award-winning documentaries and is the director/editor of a series of videos for legaciesofthekoreanwar.org, a web-based oral history project giving voice to memories of Korean Americans whose lives were shaped by the Korean War.

Vivien’s Wild Ride
2025 · Herself

Between Goodbyes
2024 · Consulting Producer
Crossings
2022 · Director

Geographies of Kinship
2019 · Director

Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story
2016 · Executive Producer

Memory of Forgotten War
2013 · Director
On Coal River
2010 · Executive Producer

In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
2010 · Director

First Person Plural
2000 · Self

First Person Plural
2000 · Writer

First Person Plural
2000 · Director

First Person Plural
2000 · Producer
Relative Strangers
Director
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