PRESS

October 3, 2025
Role: Featured
"A decade of stories: Seattle Film Festival celebrates independent filmmakers" by Daily UW Montanna Lovins The Daily
September 26, 2025
Seattle's CID Night Market returns Saturday, A decades-old tradition returns to Seattle's Chinatown International-District this weekend.
September 24, 2025
Role: Interviewee, Crowd Q&A
In August, Scope Screenings made its debut at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, bringing together the community for its monthly film festival. Lex Scope, the creator and cultivator highlighted the event’s focus on showcasing ten different artists and directors each month, fostering an explosion of community in Seattle’s Central District. This initiative aims to provide a platform for Black excellence and local talent, encouraging participation and emphasizing the importance of community support for the arts.
 September 23, 2025
24/7 irl stream in America 🇺🇸 Day 27 of 35 (Seattle, WA). ISHOWSPEED connects with Mak Fai Kung Fu inside their Studio space within the CID.
August 8, 2025
Role: Tour Guide, Spokesperson, Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon & Lion Dance Association
When we think of Bruce Lee, the first image that comes to mind is that iconic yellow jumpsuit from Game of Death and his explosive close-range power. But his life was so much more than that. This time, we set out for Seattle—the city deeply tied to his story—asking one question: Who was Bruce Lee? Here, we retrace how he studied, trained, found his philosophy, and spread his martial arts vision that continues to inspire today. Tim Pan (潘天鸿) and Mediastorm (影视飓风) make thier way into Seattle's CID with Han Eckelberg.
June 28, 2025
Role: Interviewee, Public Speaking
So glad to spotlight @haneckelberg, another local filmmaker whose documentary “The Golden 50: A Mak Fai Anniversary” is featured in our #SAAFF2025 Bring It Home: PNW Shorts program. And we shine the spotlight on the @makfaikungfu dancers who danced at SAAFF 2025 Opening Night!
June 21, 2025
Role: Interviewee
Shout out to @eckel.tech from @makfaikungfu for taking a moment to speak with us at the opening night @seattleaaff for their film “The Golden 50: A Mak Fai Anniversary” Be sure to give them a follow and support them through bookings for your upcoming celebrations!
May 5, 2025
Role: Interviewee
Eckelberg is a long-time member of Mak Fai Kung Fu, a Seattle group established in 1974 that specializes in traditional Chinese lion and dragon dance performances and offers traditional Kung Fu lessons. He's proud to be a Chinese and German American. But he’s still grappling with the results of the survey that involved nearly 5,000 people aged 16 and older across the country. Participants filled out the survey in January and February. Full story by Brady Wakayama.

October 29, 2024
Role: Conference Speaker and "Critical Friends" Representative, Wing Luke Museum & Universität Osnabrück
History@SFB | ‘Production of Migration’ – International conference and inauguration of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1604. From October 23 to 25, 2024, the Collaborative Research Centre 1604, “Production of Migration,” launched in April, brought together migration researchers from all over the world for its international inauguration conference. Lectures, discussions, and working sessions focused on how a reflexive perspective on the production of the meaning of migration in societies—not least through the actor of science—can be further developed and operationalized. Han Eckelberg and Doan Diane Hoang-Dy, representatives of the Wing Luke Museum, head  to Osnabrück, Germany as "Critical Friends," educators and advisors for the T-Project.
May 29, 2024
Role: Stadium Announcer
Commanding scarves up for the 05.29.24 Sounders FC's Bruce Lee Match. Thank you Seattle Sounders FC!
May 28, 2024
Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon & Lion Dance Association shares its tradition with the community.
May 1, 2024
Role: Tour Guide, Wing Luke Museum
In celebration of #AANHPI Heritage Month, we went on a Chinatown-International District food + building walking tour hosted by Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, to celebrate pan-Asian arts, culture, and history in Seattle. Seattle Reign soccer players take a food tour with the Wing Luke Museum.
April 21, 2024
Role: Interviewee
“Wholehearted: Behind Mak Fai's Lunar New Year Day” Directed and Produced by Miguel Laureano with members of Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon and Lion Dance Association “Wholehearted” follows Seattle’s premiere lion dance group during their busiest day in the lunar new year season. The heartbeat of the lion, the fast-paced tempos of the day, the distance traveled, a lot happens behind the scenes to pull off spectacular shows across the Greater Seattle region. Welcoming their 50th Anniversary as an association, watch as members of Mak Fai work, problem-solve, support, and overcome challenges together, going the extra mile to celebrate the year of the Dragon.
April 18, 2024
Role: Interviewee
“WHOLEHEARTED: Behind Mak Fai's Lunar New Year Day” Teaser ❤️‍🔥. Official premiere on Sunday, April 21st. Directed and Produced by Miguel Laureano with members of Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon and Lion Dance Association @makfaikungfu. Cover by Han Eckelberg @eckel.tech
March 7, 2024
Mak Fai Kung Fu and Lion Dance Association performs a dragon dance to celebrate the Year of the Dragon and the release of the fourth Kung Fu Panda movie.
February 16, 2024
Role: Interviewee
KIRO 7 Seattle (2/16/24) broadcast segment featuring the Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon and Lion Dance Association and how the group is celebrating the Lunar New Year.
February 10, 2024
Role: Tour Guide
Eating BRUCE LEE's FAVORITE Chinese Food for Lunar New Year.
February 9, 2024
Role: Interviewee
Jan. 1 may have come and gone, but the year is only just beginning by a different calendar. It's a mostly symbolic one, based on the monthly cycles of the moon's phases. According to that lunar calendar, the year isn't 2024, it's actually 4722. To usher in this Lunar New Year, you'll most likely see and hear a Lion Dance. Locally, you might catch the 50-year-old Mak Fai Dragon and Lion Dance Association. Mak Fai performs year-round, but demand skyrockets during this time, with everyone wanting to kick off the new year by kicking some bad spirit booty.
February 3, 2024
On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Seattle's Chinatown International District. "Welcome home,” said Greg Wong, the deputy mayor of Seattle. “Come home to the C.I.D. Come home to Seattle."
January 4, 2024
Role: Actor, Camera Operator, Special Teams
In demanding environments like bustling ERs or during intricate procedures, Sonosite Voice Assist empowers you to deliver exceptional patient care without compromising efficiency.
December 27, 2023
Role: Guest Appearance
2023 has been a great year for JKC Video ~ a big thank you to all of the amazing people that have contributed to the impactful content we've created!
December 15, 2023
Role: Featured
From debuting the Bruce Lee Kit, to multiple on-field performances, I also participated in several "Soccer Kung Fu" clinics, on behalf of Mak Fai Kung Fu and the Bruce Lee Foundation, as the martial arts representative with the Seattle Sounders FC. We held clinics on May 24, July 14, and June 27, 2023. Supporting hundreds of kids with mental and physical health through the curriculum soccer basics and the Bruce Lee Foundation lesson planning.
November 27, 2023
Role: Actor, Director, Editor
From Hong Kong to Seattle, forever spreading the culture. Thank you @dragonmade8 for the drip. Go check them out and support our overseas brother.
October 21, 2023
Role: Guest Appearance
A new business opened its doors in Seattle on Saturday and its owner said it is the only independently-owned Asian American bookstore in Seattle and even the entire Pacific Northwest. "My bookstore is about making these front and center Asian American voices and perspectives, in our narratives," said Sokah Dahn. "This the first independently owned, especially Cambodian American bookstore, here in Seattle, the northwest and we're about just elevating Asian American voices." Danh owns Mam's Books, located near the corner of South Weller Street and Maynard Avenue South in the Chinatown International District — a neighborhood with a long story to tell, the owner said.
October 12, 2023
Role: Camera Operator, Special Teams
Partnering with FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. on this product launch video was SO MUCH FUN! Clients that not only welcome but encourage creativity are part of why our team can create content that stands out! 🎥🩺
May 5, 2023
Role: Interviewee
"Han Eckelberg, star of The Bruce Lee Kit launch video, reflects on life and legacy of his role model" by Jessica Lazo. Eckelberg underlines Bruce Lee’s ongoing recognition in Chinatown and the overall International District, but with the recent release of the community kit, he hopes Lee’s life will leave the same lasting impression on the rest of Seattle and beyond.
April 5, 2023
Role: Featured
Unleashing My Potential: How the UW Libraries Helped Me Flourish as a Student. As a UW Libraries Champion, I invite all students, staff, and alumni in giving back to the libraries. Give now to support UW Libraries on Husky Giving Day.
March 16, 2023
Role: Featured
"Asian American History, Shared through Graphic Novels" by Nancy Joseph. Before the pandemic, students in UW professor Connie So’s Asian American History course had an idea. For the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony, which marked the completion of American’s first transcontinental railroad, they wanted to create a film about the integral role of Chinese workers in the building of the railroad, told through the experience of a Chinese immigrant family.
The film was planned as a class project, to be completed in six weeks. No one involved could have imagined the project would later lead students to write and illustrate an ambitious trilogy of graphic novels, also known as comic novellas. The books, including one based on the class project, explore the impact of historic events on Seattle’s Asian American community.
February 15, 2023
Role: Actor, Copywriter, On-Field Event Coordinator and “Soccer Kung Fu Instructor”
Seattle Sounders FC and Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon & Lion Dance Assn. team up to unveil The Bruce Lee Kit, the club’s new Community Kit for the 2023-24 seasons. Available now at all Pro Shop locations and MLSstore.com
February 13, 2023
Role: Guest Appearance
On Feb. 19, 1983, 13 people were killed during a robbery at a gambling club in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District.
February 4, 2023
A segment of the 2023 LNY Celebration in Seattle's CID.
January 28, 2023
Role: Spokesperson, Wing Luke Museum
Staff with the museum estimate about a thousand people attended Saturday’s event.
January 23, 2023
Studio 13 Live. Monday, January 23rd, Royal Tan and Han Eckelberg talk about the upcoming Lunar New Year season and the importance of Lion Dancing.
January 20, 2023
Role: Spokesperson, Wing Luke Museum
As we get set for our first-ever Lunar New Year game at @climatepledgearena, our friends at @winglukemuseum help explain the significance & meaning of the holiday, plus how you can take part in the celebration! Video played on the jumbotron at Climate Pledge Arena for the Seattle Kraken.
October 20, 2022
Role: Guest Appearance
Within the University of Washington's Annual Presidential Address by Ana Mari Cauce, she touches upon the significant moment of welcoming in the latest artwork installation in Odegaard Undergraduate Library.
September 22, 2022
Role: Featured
"He’s a 10 but Doesn’t Know Bruce Lee Attended the UW" by International Examiner Frederick Lu. For decades, the UW had refused efforts to honor Lee, from denying permission to film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story in 1993, to rejecting the Bruce Lee Garden in 2008. This installation is particularly important, amidst rising hate against Asian Americans and other people of color during the pandemic. As a current undergraduate student, it feels like an acknowledgment of the Asian American student body’s presence and the struggles we continually face.
September 22, 2022
Role: Featured
"Bruce Lee Ascends: UW permanent installation" by Northwest Asian Weekly and OCA-GS intern Dylan Hartano. Sept. 6 marked the official debut of Bruce Lee Ascending, a permanent art installation at the Odegaard Undergraduate Library (OUGL) at the University of Washington (UW). The art piece, featured on the main staircase of OUGL, was created by current UW Communications graduate student Han Eckelberg, while he was an UW undergraduate student in Art and American Ethnic Studies. Eckelberg created the project for a class with Professor Whitney Lynn in Winter 2020. He initially installed it at OUGL, just before the pandemic began. It quickly proved popular among the student population and was voted the Best Artwork at the 2020 UW Maker’s Summit.
September 7, 2022
Role: Featured
"‘Bruce Lee Ascending’ debuts at UW’s Odegaard Undergraduate Library" by The Seattle Times Erika Schultz. More than 150 people gathered to listen to speeches and watch lion dancers bless the permanent art installation “Bruce Lee Ascending” during its official debut Tuesday at the University of Washington’s Odegaard Undergraduate Library. 
Han Edward So Eckelberg, a current graduate student within UW’s Communication Leadership program, made and installed the artwork during the 2020 winter quarter while studying art and American Ethnic Studies as an undergraduate student. 
July 30, 2022
Role: Guest Appearance
Welcome to the final day of the Fentress Student Film Fest 2022!! It's award ceremony day, yay!!!!! Congratulations to all of the official selections, nominees, and of course, the winners of the Fentress Student Film Fest 2022. We hope to see you back here for the Fentress Student Film Fest 2023! Han Eckelberg, winner, Best Director: College Student for Mak Fai Insider. 
July 26, 2022
Welcome to the Fentress Student Film Fest 2022... day 2! We hope everyone is enjoying the festivities so far! The following video contains important updates about the rest of the festival, the 5 featured films of the day, and more. Please watch, share with friends/family/fans, and we hope to see you back here for day 3 tomorrow! Introduction and greeting from Han Eckelberg and the Mak Fai Lion Dance troupe from Seattle, WA.
April 8, 2022
Members of the Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon & Lion Dance Association teach us about the art of the lion dance. KBTC Profile spotlight video.
March 18, 2022
Role: Interviewee
Be sure to check out Han Eckelberg's new documentary "Mak Fai Insider | Lion Documentary" that is out now on YouTube. Dom and Han talk about getting involved, the process behind starting a short documentary, their master programs, and their favorite places to eat in Seattle.
February 16, 2022
Role: Guest Appearance
This production was made for the Video Storytelling class in the Communication Leadership Program at the University of Washington. It was conceptualized, shot and edited by Commlead Cohort 21 student Pritesh Patil. It features Han Eckelberg, Ruoxin (Cindy) Wu, Conor Bradshaw and Sumiran Nigam, students from the class of 2021-23 at UW.
October 23, 2021
Role: Featured
"Young Asian Americans in Seattle combat hate, reclaim cultural pride with traditional fashion," by The Seattle Times Crystal Paul. Donning streetwear that features traditional cultural symbols is another way youth are wearing their cultural pride without fussing with the challenges of properly tying a kimono or without the large price tag of purchasing an authentic cheongsam. Amid the Black Lives Matter protests and the surge in anti-Asian violence during the pandemic, two Seattle lion dancers wanted to do something to bring people together and combat anti-Asian hate. 
October 18, 2021
Role: Featured
"Asian and Pacific Islander UW students produce 'In a Yellow Tone', a comic novella about Asian Americans during WWII," By Roxanne Ray. When Duke Ellington wrote the song “In a Mellow Tone” in 1939, he never imagined that this tune dedicated to joy would be the foundation for a comic novella about the role played by Asian Americans during World War II. But In a Yellow Tone is the 222-page book of stories and illustrations developed by University of Washington students whose initial film production, about Chinese American World War II veterans who received Congressional Gold Medals in 2020, was interrupted in March 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 16, 2021
Role: Featured
My senior capstone exhibition highlighted on AlphaGraphics. Their team provided great customer support and were able to bring my vision to life. 
August 12, 2021
Role: Interviewee
The leading candidate for Seattle City Council Candidate Position 9, Sara Nelson, guests on Seattle Here & Now, as she prepares to face Nikkita Oliver in the general election and Ms. Heidi Tandino, Ms. Caroline Natsuhara, Ms. Brooklyn Hose and Mr. Han Eckelberg share their book 'In a Yellow Tone' that they recently published centering on events that took place in Seattle's China Town/International District during World War II. Seattle Here & Now which is live on Rainier Avenue Radio Thursdays at 6 pm PST hosted by John Yasutake featuring interviews with people that impact our community.
July 17, 2020
Role: Actor, Camera Operator, Special Teams
Directed & Edited by MXT Visuals (Miguel Laureano & Tina Dang) Assistant Director ECKEL漢TECH (Han Eckelberg) Styled by Anna Teurn & Tina Dang
March 16, 2020
Role: Actor
A short film for mini-capstone at Seattle Film Institute. The Son of a deer that was murdered in front of him embarks on a dark path of revenge. After stalking his mother’s killer for years, he finally has developed the perfect plan for revenge. Will he lose everything for the sake of getting even?
August 12, 2019
Role: Actor, Copywriter, Voiceover, Assistant Producer
A love letter to our community. And boba. Oasis Tea Zone Commercial.
December 28, 2018
Role: Actor, Graphic Designer, Assistant Editor
Small Town. Big Fire. Only One Way Out. Can They Escape... Safely? Seattle City Light presents Escape from Diablo, a 11-minute safety awareness educational video. Created and produced by City Light employees, the video uses humor to highlight emergency evacuation procedures for the towns of Diablo and Newhalem, both part of our Skagit Hydroelectric Project. Directed by Koryn Kennedy, Written by Koryn Kennedy & Cody Watson, Staring Seattle City Light Employees.
↑Back to Top