Deann Borshay Liem
An image from Between Goodbyes, one of the productions that also features Deann Borshay Liem.

Deann Borshay Liem

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.

First Person Plural

First Person Plural

2000

On Coal River

2010

Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story

Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story

2016

In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee

In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee

2010

Crossings

2022

Between Goodbyes

Between Goodbyes

2024

Geographies of Kinship

Geographies of Kinship

2019

Memory of Forgotten War

Memory of Forgotten War

2013