Deann Borshay Liem
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Vivien’s Wild Ride as Herself
2024
- Between Goodbyes ... (Consulting Producer)
2022
- Crossings ... (Director)
2019
- Geographies of Kinship ... (Director)
2016
- Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story ... (Executive Producer)
2013
- Memory of Forgotten War ... (Director)
2010
- On Coal River ... (Executive Producer)
- In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee ... (Director)
2000
- First Person Plural as Self