{{short description|American documentary filmmaker}} {{About|the Chinese-American documentary film director|the Asian-supremacist columnist|AsianWeek#Kenneth Eng}} {{Infobox person | name = Kenneth Eng | image = | birth_date = | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts | birth_name = | spouse = | occupation = Film director, editor | years_active = 2004 - present | website = https://www.kennetheng.com/ | alma_mater = School of Visual Arts (NYC)<br>Boston Latin School | parents = Yau King Eng (father)<br>Yuan Lin Eng (Wong) <REF>[https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/14720534/yau-king-eng- "Obituary: Yau King Eng"], ''tributearchive.com'', October 1, 2018</REF> }} '''Kenneth Eng''' is an American documentary film director and editor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mocanyc.org/visit/events/mocatalks_with_filmmaker_kenneth_eng|title=MOCATalks with filmmaker Kenneth Eng|website=mocanyc.org|access-date=2019-10-10}}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.easternkicks.com/features/kenneth-eng-interview-my-life-in-china|title=Kenneth Eng Interview: My Life In China|website=EasternKicks|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.pov.org/kokoyakyu/film-description/|title=Kokoyakyu|website=archive.pov.org|date=23 January 2006 |access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buffalorising.com/2005/08/take-me-to-the-river-a-documentary-film-experience/|title=Take Me To The River – A documentary film experience|website=buffalorising.com|date=22 August 2005 |access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref>
==Life and career== Kenneth was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.windermeresun.com/2016/04/26/meet-the-award-winning-chinese-american-film-director-kenneth-eng-during-celebration-of-asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/|title=Meet the Award Winning Chinese American Film Director Kenneth Eng During Celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Mont|website=windermeresun.com|date=27 April 2016 |access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> He graduated from Boston Latin School, afterward moved to New York to study film at the School of Visual Arts in 1994.<ref name=gf.org>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/kenneth-eng/|title=KENNETH ENG|website=gf.org|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> His thesis film, ''Scratching Windows'', about graffiti writers, was broadcast on PBS nationally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.pov.org/blog/povdocs/2016/05/america-reframed-unfiltered-kenneth-eng-and-self-realization-through-documentary/|title=AMERICA REFRAMED UNFILTERED: Kenneth Eng and self-realization through documentary|website=archive.pov.org|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref>
Kenneth's documentary film, ''Take Me to the River'', about the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rblodge.com/event-calendar/2019-01/film-screening-take-me-to-the-river-kumbh-mela|title=FILM SCREENING: TAKE ME TO THE RIVER|website=rblodge.com|date=16 May 2019 |access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> In 2006, he directed the feature documentary, Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball, about the Koshien Tournament in Japan, was broadcast on PBS nationally.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/arts/television/04gate.html|title=In 'Kokoyakyu,' Youth Baseball, Japanese Style|work=The New York Times |date=4 July 2006 |access-date=2019-10-10|last1=Gates |first1=Anita }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://festival.sdaff.org/2014/films/my-life-in-china/|title=MY LIFE IN CHINA|website=festival.sdaff.org|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" |- !| 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<ref name=gf.org/> * 2015 - won Best Documentary Feature at the San Diego Asian Film Festival for My Life in China<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://festival.sdaff.org/2014/2014/2014-sdaff-winners-announced/|title=2014 SDAFF winners announced!|website=festival.sdaff.org|access-date=2019-10-10|archive-date=2015-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910121312/http://festival.sdaff.org/2014/2014/2014-sdaff-winners-announced/|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Further reading == * Ransom, Jan. [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/26/father-true-american-dream-realized/MBvoBCmmoitzpFdNjSdXXP/story.html "A Father's True American Dream, Realized"], ''The Boston Globe'', November 26, 2015
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|2196616|Kenneth Eng}}
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