Deann Borshay Liem

Deann Borshay Liem

  • Place of birth: Korea
  • Also know as: Deann Borshay

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

First Person Plural

2000

As Self

Production

First Person Plural

2000

As Director

Geographies of Kinship

2019

As Director

First Person Plural

2000

As Writer

Memory of Forgotten War

2013

As Director

On Coal River

2010

As Executive Producer

Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story

2016

As Executive Producer

Crossings

2022

As Director

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