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.

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  Between Goodbyes

  Consulting Producer

• Crossings

  Director

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  Geographies of Kinship

  Director

• On Coal River

  Executive Producer

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  Vivien’s Wild Ride

  Herself

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  Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story

  Executive Producer

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  In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee

  Director

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  First Person Plural

  Self

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  Memory of Forgotten War

  Director

• 2025Vivien’s Wild RideHerself
• 2024Between GoodbyesConsulting Producer
• 2022CrossingsDirector
• 2019Geographies of KinshipDirector
• 2016Breathin': The Eddy Zheng StoryExecutive Producer
• 2013Memory of Forgotten WarDirector
• 2010On Coal RiverExecutive Producer
• 2010In the Matter of Cha Jung HeeDirector
• 2000First Person PluralSelf