Deann Borshay Liem

Producer, Director, Writer, Editor

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

  • The Apology
    The Apology2016
  • First Person Plural
    First Person Plural2000
  • In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
    In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee2010
  • P.O.V.
    P.O.V.38 seasons
  • Memory of Forgotten War
    Memory of Forgotten War2013
  • Ishi's Return
    Ishi's Return2016
  • Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story
    Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story2016

Filmography

2021
2016
Ishi's Return · as Executive Producer
2016
The Apology · as Associate Producer
2016
Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story · as Executive Producer
2013
Memory of Forgotten War · as Co-Producer
2010
2000
1999
Independent Lens · as Consulting Producer
1988

2010
2000
1988
P.O.V. · as Self

1995
A.K.A. Don Bonus · as Co-Executive Producer