Directing
Deann Borshay Liem
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.
Credits
Newest first
Vivien’s Wild Rideas Herself2025
Between GoodbyesConsulting Producer2024- CrossingsDirector2022
Geographies of KinshipDirector2019
Breathin': The Eddy Zheng StoryExecutive Producer2016
Memory of Forgotten WarDirector2013- On Coal RiverExecutive Producer2010
In the Matter of Cha Jung HeeDirector2010
First Person Pluralas Self2000
First Person PluralWriter2000
First Person PluralDirector2000
First Person PluralProducer2000- Relative StrangersDirector—