Deann Borshay Liem

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Place of Birth Korea

Also Known As Deann Borshay, Kang Ok Jin

Deann Borshay Liem

Biography

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.

Known For

Director

2022
Crossings

as Director

2019
2013
2000

Producer

2024
Between Goodbyes

as Consulting Producer

2016
Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story

as Executive Producer

2010
On Coal River

as Executive Producer

2000

Writer

2000

Actor