Headshot of Deann Borshay Liem, she wears a black round neck shirt, thin frames, and short hair. She smiles at the camera.
Deann Borshay Liem
Photo courtesy Deann Borshay Liem
Director & Producer

Deann Borshay Liem (she/her) is a Producer, Director, and Writer of First Person Plural, In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee, Memory of Forgotten, and Geographies of Kinship (America Reframed, 2022). She served as Executive Producer for AKA Don Bonus, for which she won an Emmy® Award, as well as Kelly Loves Tony, On Coal River, Ishi’s Return, and Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story. She has contributed as a consultant, story editor, and producer on numerous documentary projects including Special Circumstances, Burqa Boxers, Mimi and Dona, and The Apology. The former director of the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Deann is the recipient of the Women, Peace and Security Fellowship from the San Francisco Film Society for her new film, Crossings, about women peacemakers advocating for peace on the Korean peninsula.

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Portrait of Jasiewicz, a photo in a high angle, she has short length hair with fringes, and smiles at the camera.
Ewa Jasiewicz
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Portrait of Emily Faye Ratner, she looks at the camera, has short hair and sleeveless shirt.
Emily Faye Ratner
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Portrait of Jordan Flaherty, he wears a shirt with a tie, and his eyesight is away from the camera. He has short hair.
Jordan Flaherty
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Portrait of Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso. Ivey looks away from the camera, with braided hair and a t-shirt. In the back there are columns with posters pasted that protest the sale of Native land.
Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso
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Portrait of Jessica Levin, she has a v neck blouse, a necklace, medium length hair parted in the middle
Jessica Levin
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Profile portrait of Daniel Arcana, he is looking to his left, has a shirt and a jacket, and short hair.
Daniel Arcana
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Portrait of Emma Pildes, she has medium length hair, a necklace, a v neck blouse, and her hair is slightly tilted to the left.
Emma Pildes
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Portrait of Tia Lessin, she wears a long-sleeve shirt, medium length hair and looks at the camera
Tia Lessin
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Portrait of Tony Gerber. Tony is in front of a photo call, he wears a jacket, a buttoned shirt, and thick frames. He has short heard, beard, and mustache. He looks directly at the camera and smiles slightly.
Tony Gerber
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Portrait of Nick Kelso. He wears a shirt and looks away from the camera, in the background there is a tree. The portrait is taken in a low angle.
Nick Kelso
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Headshot of Sally Rubin. Sally smiles slightly at the camera and wears a buttoned shirt, a leather jacket, and a necklace. Sally's hair is short and parted to the right.
Sally Rubin
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Profile picture of Mia Bruno, she has long hair, and thick frames, the background is a textured paperwall.
Mia Bruno
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Portrait of Sofia Geld sat and folding her hands in a table, wearing an embroidered shirt, and smiling slightly at the camera, she has medium long hair.
Sofia Geld
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Director Rebeca Huntt Headshot
Rebeca Huntt
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Portrait of Gay Dillingham, she smiles slightly at the camera, has medium length hair, a v neck blouse, and earrings.
Gay Dillingham
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Portrait of Sarah Kim, she looks away at the camera, wears a shirt and a hoodie, and a cap. Her hair is short. In the background there are plants.
Sarah S. Kim
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Portrait of Ramsay Liem, he wears a checkered shirt, and thin frames. He smiles at the camera. In the background there is a bookshelf and a painting.
Ramsay Liem
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Headshot of Margaret Byrne, a woman looking at the camera with short curly hair, wearing a pull-over.
Latesha Dickerson
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Headshot of Margaret Byrne. A woman looking at the camera with long hair parted in the middle and slightly smiling at the camera.
Margaret Byrne
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Portrait of Kiara C. Jones, a woman looking to the right, away from the camera, with curly medium hair, wearing a no-sleeve tank, a long necklace and round big earrings.
Kiara C. Jones
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Portrait of Zara Katz, a woman with medium hair, wearing a black shirt with a necklace and looking to the left away from the camera.
Zara Katz
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Headshot of Lisa Riordan Seville, a woman with medium length hair, smiling and looking at the camera.
Lisa Riordan Seville
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