About
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
Between Goodbyes2024 · Consulting Producer
Crossings2022 · Director
Geographies of Kinship2019 · Director
Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story2016 · Executive Producer
Memory of Forgotten War2013 · Director
On Coal River2010 · Executive Producer
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee2010 · Director
First Person Plural2000 · Writer, Director, Producer