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Home/People/Deann Borshay Liem
Deann Borshay Liem profile photo
Place of Birth
Korea
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

2
Movies
0
TV Shows
5
Directed
Also Known As
Deann Borshay
Kang Ok Jin
IMDb Profile

Deann Borshay Liem

Directing

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.
Vivien’s Wild Ride poster

Vivien’s Wild Ride

as Herself
2025
First Person Plural poster

First Person Plural

as Self
2000