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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
Filmography
TBA
Relative StrangersDirector
2025
Vivien’s Wild Rideas Herself
2024
Between GoodbyesConsulting Producer
2022
CrossingsDirector
2019
Geographies of KinshipDirector
2016
Breathin': The Eddy Zheng StoryExecutive Producer
2013
Memory of Forgotten WarDirector
2010
On Coal RiverExecutive Producer
2010
In the Matter of Cha Jung HeeDirector
2000
First Person Pluralas Self, Writer, Director, Producer







