Biografia
Kean is an award-winning filmmaker, activist, TV producer/host and founder of Parigon Partners, a strategy and marketing consulting firm specializing in new media and social entrepreneurship.
With an eclectic mix of actuarial finance training and a passion for personal development, Kean moved into the world of management consulting, where he worked for clients in a wide range of industries, including funds management, finance, real estate, fashion, software, biotechnology, health and wellness, as well as the TV infomercial industry.
Following his calling, he moved to New York where over the last 8 years he has been volunteering for New Tang Dynasty Television, a nonprofit TV network headquartered in New York City. It is a pioneer of broadcasting uncensored programming into and out of China via satellite and the Internet.
At NTD, Kean produced/hosted a variety of shows, including "The New Millionaire," and was the lead male anchor for China News and Asia Brief from 2005-2011. Since 2010, he has been the main host of NTD's International Chinese Culinary Competition in Times Square, dubbing himself a 'Freedom Fighting Foodie.' In 2006, Kean also hosted a show that won the New American Media award for the Best Investigative and In-Depth Program under the Broadcast section. The topic was on "Hi-tech Companies, the Chinese Government and the Internet."
In 2001, he met Jennifer Zeng, one of the main subjects of the film and helped her apply for asylum in Australia. Years later, in New York, he met Michael Perlman and shared her incredible story with him, thus beginning the journey of "Free China..."
As part of promotional efforts for the release of Free China, Kean also orchestrated the Free China theme song music video FreeChinaSong.com and the open letter "A Year for Human Rights in China", co-authored by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu and blind dissident Chen Guangcheng. The statement was on the front page of The Huffington Post on June 4, 2013. 2014 will see the launch of a brand new campaign, with even greater aspirations.
