Kenneth Eng

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

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]

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/

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