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Deann Borshay Liem

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

Korea

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.

Best known work

First Person Plural

First Person Plural

2000
Vivien’s Wild Ride

Vivien’s Wild Ride

2025
On Coal River

On Coal River

2010
Between Goodbyes

Between Goodbyes

2024
Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story

Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story

2016
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee

In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee

2010
Crossings

Crossings

2022
Geographies of Kinship

Geographies of Kinship

2019
Memory of Forgotten War

Memory of Forgotten War

2013
Relative Strangers

Relative Strangers

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Relative Strangers

    Director

  2. 2025

  3. 2024

    Between Goodbyes

    Consulting Producer

  4. 2022

    Crossings

    Director

  5. 2019

  6. 2016

  7. 2013

  8. 2010

    On Coal River

    Executive Producer

  9. 2010

  10. 2000

    First Person Plural

    as Self, Writer, Director, Producer

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