Deann Borshay Liem
Directing • Korea
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.
Known For
6.7First Person Plural
2000
8.0Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story
2016
7.0Between Goodbyes
2024
6.0In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
2010

Geographies of Kinship
2019

Memory of Forgotten War
2013
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Filmography
- 2022
- 2019
- 2013
- 2010★ 6.0
- 2000★ 6.7





