Justin Lin
Age: N/A | From: Taipei, Taiwan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Yipin Lin , 林诣彬
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 42
TV Involvements: 13
Most Famous Work
Biography
Justin Lin is a Taiwanese-American film director whose films have grossed $2 billion worldwide. He is best known for his work on Better Luck Tomorrow (2002), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), F9 (2021), and Star Trek Beyond (2016). He is also known for his work on television shows like Community and the second season of True Detective. Lin was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Cypress, California, in Orange County. He attended Cypress High School and University of California, San Diego for two years before transferring to UCLA, where he earned a B.A. in Film & Television and a MFA in Film Directing & Production from the UCLA film school.
Most Famous Work
Fast X
(2023) Story
S.W.A.T.
(2017) Executive Producer
Scorpion
(2014) Director
True Detective
(2014) Director
Magnum P.I.
(2018) Executive Producer
Warrior
(2019) Executive Producer
Community
(2009) Director
F9
(2021) StoryActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| 2007 | Self | |
| 2003 | N/A | |
| Jock (Uncredited) | ||
| 1979 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Producer | |
| 2022 | Executive Producer | |
| 2021 | Executive Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| 2018 | Executive Producer | |
| 2017 | Executive Producer | |
| 2016 | Producer | |
| 2012 | Executive Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Executive Producer | ||
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2011 | Executive Producer | |
| 2007 | Producer | |
| 2003 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Screenplay | |
| Story | ||
| 2021 | Screenplay | |
| Story | ||
| 2015 | Story | |
| 2007 | Writer | |
| 2003 | Writer | |
| 1997 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Director | |
| 2021 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
| 2016 | Director | |
| 2014 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 2013 | Director | |
| 2011 | Director | |
| 2009 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2007 | Director | |
| 2006 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2003 | Director | |
| 1997 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Editor | |
| 1997 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |