Kenneth Eng is an American documentary film director and editor. 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.
Life and career Kenneth was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Boston Latin School, afterward moved to New York to study film at the School of Visual Arts in 1994. His thesis film, Scratching Windows, about graffiti writers, was broadcast on PBS nationally.
Kenneth's documentary film, Take Me to the River, about the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India. In 2006, he directed the feature documentary, Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball, about the Koshien Tournament in Japan, was broadcast on PBS nationally.
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.
Filmography Year Film Director Editor 2004 Take Me to the River 2006 Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball 2012 Bikini Barbershop: Jersey 2014 My Life in China 2015 Tested 2016 Beartrek 2018 The Most Interesting Man in Show Business Awards and honors 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship 2015 - won Best Documentary Feature at the San Diego Asian Film Festival for My Life in China Further reading Ransom, Jan. "A Father's True American Dream, Realized", The Boston Globe, November 26, 2015
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