Deann Borshay Liem

Directing·Korea

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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.

Film	Credit
Vivien’s Wild Ride2025 · Herself	Herself
CCrossings2022 · Director	Director
Geographies of Kinship2019 · Director	Director
Memory of Forgotten War2013 · Director	Director
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee2010 · Director	Director
First Person Plural2000 · Self, Director, Writer, Producer	Self, Director, Writer, Producer