Kenneth Eng

This article is about the Chinese-American documentary film director. For the Asian-supremacist columnist, see AsianWeek § Kenneth Eng.

Kenneth Eng
Born	Boston, Massachusetts
Alma mater	School of Visual Arts (NYC) Boston Latin School
Occupation(s)	Film director, editor
Years active	2004 - present
Parent(s)	Yau King Eng (father) Yuan Lin Eng (Wong) [1]
Website	https://www.kennetheng.com/

Kenneth Eng is an American documentary film director and editor.[2][3] He is best known for his work on the documentary films My Life in China, Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball and Take Me to the River.[4][5]

Life and career

Kenneth was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.[6] He graduated from Boston Latin School, afterward moved to New York to study film at the School of Visual Arts in 1994.[7] His thesis film, Scratching Windows, about graffiti writers, was broadcast on PBS nationally.[8]

Kenneth's documentary film, Take Me to the River, about the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India.[9] In 2006, he directed the feature documentary, Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball, about the Koshien Tournament in Japan, was broadcast on PBS nationally.[10]

In 2014, Kenneth directed My Life in China, a documentary about his father Yau King Eng and his history since leaving China and coming to America, premiered at the San Diego Asian Film Festival.[11]

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Editor
2004	Take Me to the River	Yes	Yes
2006	Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball	Yes	Yes
2012	Bikini Barbershop: Jersey		Yes
2014	My Life in China	Yes	Yes
2015	Tested		Yes
2016	Beartrek		Yes
2018	The Most Interesting Man in Show Business		Yes

Awards and honors

• 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship[7]
• 2015 - won Best Documentary Feature at the San Diego Asian Film Festival for My Life in China[12]

Further reading

• Ransom, Jan. "A Father's True American Dream, Realized", The Boston Globe, November 26, 2015

References

1. "Obituary: Yau King Eng", tributearchive.com, October 1, 2018
2. "MOCATalks with filmmaker Kenneth Eng". mocanyc.org. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
3. "Kenneth Eng Interview: My Life In China". easternkicks.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
4. "Kokoyakyu". archive.pov.org. 23 January 2006. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
5. "Take Me To The River – A documentary film experience". buffalorising.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
6. "Meet the Award Winning Chinese American Film Director Kenneth Eng During Celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Mont". windermeresun.com. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
7. "KENNETH ENG". gf.org. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
8. "AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Kenneth Eng and self-realization through documentary". archive.pov.org. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
9. "FILM SCREENING: TAKE ME TO THE RIVER". rblodge.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
10. Gates, Anita (4 July 2006). "In 'Kokoyakyu,' Youth Baseball, Japanese Style". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
11. "MY LIFE IN CHINA". festival.sdaff.org. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
12. "2014 SDAFF winners announced!". festival.sdaff.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

External links

• Kenneth Eng at IMDb