# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esther-eng
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:07:24.703Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esther-eng"
name: "Esther Eng"
slug: "esther-eng"
description: "Esther Eng was an American film director and the first female director to direct Chinese-language films in the United States. Eng made four feature films in America, and five in Hong Kong. She was recognized as a female pioneer who crossed the boundaries of race, language, culture and gender."
tagline: "American film director and restauranteur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/File-Ng_Kam-ha.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1914-09-24"
deathDate: "1970-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.82
  momentum:             6.050420168067228
  historical:           8.550829333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256978/"
    handle:    "nm0256978"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8D%E9%94%A6%E9%9C%9E"
    title: "伍锦霞"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "إستر إنغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "استر انج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Ng"
    title: "Esther Ng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Eng"
    title: "Esther Eng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Eng"
    title: "Esther Eng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Eng"
    title: "Esther Eng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Eng"
    title: "Esther Eng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A6%D8%B1"
    title: "ایستھر انجینئر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10885254"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1786087"
    title: "Esther Eng"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump