Director
Kenneth Eng is a Boston native who moved to New York City to study film making at the School of Visual Arts in 1994. Ken's last film "Kokoyakyu: High-School Baseball", a documentary film about baseball in Japan, premiered on July 4th, 2006 as part of POV's 19th season, PBS's award-winning documentary film showcase. Ken also directed/edited "Take Me To The River", a feature length documentary about the Maha Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering in history shot in India. Ken's student thesis, "Scratching Windows", a short documentary film about NY grafitti, was also broadcast on July 4th, 1999 on WNET, New York City's PBS "Reel NY".

Cinematographer
Jack Lam is a graduate of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts with a concentration in cinematography. He was officially nominated for the A.S.C. John Alonzo Student Cinematographer Award by the faculty. He then pursued further advancement in his craft by attending a cinematography master class by FAMU (Film and TV School of the Acadmy of Performing Arts in Prague) in the Czech Republic. Jack's body of works in cinematography encompasses a wide range of genres and styles. He received the Excellence in Cinematography Awards in the NYU First Run Film Festival for two of his short films, and his music video works has appeared on MTV Channel. Recently, he has completed a 35mm feature film "Polycarp" as well as a documentary series by China Central TV "Ocean's Away".

Producer
Melanie Blair started her career as a writer and producer of a political talk radio show at Bloomberg News. After graduating with an MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC, Melanie then worked as post production coordinator on Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D, an IMAX film produced by Tom Hanks. She then went on to be the main production researcher and the post production coordinator for another large format, 3D film, National Geographic's Sea Monsters. In between productions she produced the short film Joburg, in South Africa, which was featured in the UCLA Directors Spotlight and the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival. Melanie currently resides in Los Angeles, is a New York native and has traveled extensively on five continents.

Producer
Takayo Nagasawa was born in Aomori, Japan and came to New York in 1997. Prior to that, she had worked as an assistant producer and translator for one of the leading music producers in Japan. After arriving in New York, she started working as a production assistant, researcher and associate producer for FUJI TV and KYODO TV working News program and TV dramas. In 2002, she met director Kenneth Eng and produced her first feature documentary "Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball" which was on POV in 2006. She continues to live and work in New York City.

Producer
Meng Xie was born in Beijing, China. He came to New York in 2006 and pursued his MA degree in media and film making at The New School. After graduation from college he worked for CCTV (China Central Television) as an assistant director. March 2007, he started to work for documentary series "Oceans Away". Also, he worked as cinematographer for documentary "The Color of the Courage" and other independent short films.