Justin Lin

Birthday:

10/11/1971

Place of birth:

Taipei, Taiwan:

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.



Credits

50 Years of Star Trek (2016)
Self
Hollywood Chinese (2007)
Self
Masters of the Pillow (2003)
Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
Jock (Uncredited)
Fast X (2023)
Producer
Fast X (2023)
Screenplay
Fast X (2023)
Story
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Executive Producer
F9 (2021)
Director
F9 (2021)
Producer
F9 (2021)
Screenplay
F9 (2021)
Story
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Director
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Producer
Hollywood Adventures (2015)
Story
Help (2014)
Director
Yellow Face (2013)
Executive Producer
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Director
Vesuvius (2012)
Executive Producer
Bad Butt (2012)
Executive Producer
Grave Torture (2012)
Executive Producer
Fast Five (2011)
Director
Fast Five (2011)
Executive Producer
Fast & Furious (2009)
Director
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007)
Director
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007)
Writer
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007)
Producer
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Director
Annapolis (2006)
Director
Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
Director
Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
Editor
Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
Producer
Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
Writer
Shopping for Fangs (1997)
Director
Shopping for Fangs (1997)
Writer
Shopping for Fangs (1997)
Editor
The Last Days of John Allen Chau ()
Director
The Last Days of John Allen Chau ()
Producer
Moonshadow ()
Producer
One Punch Man ()
Director
One Punch Man ()
Producer
Two for the Money ()
Director
Two for the Money ()
Producer
Two for the Money ()
Writer