10/11/1971
Taipei, Taiwan:
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.
50 Years of Star Trek (2016) Self |
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Hollywood Chinese (2007) Self |
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Masters of the Pillow (2003) |
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Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Jock (Uncredited) |
Fast X (2023) Producer |
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Fast X (2023) Screenplay |
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Fast X (2023) Story |
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Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) Executive Producer |
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F9 (2021) Director |
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F9 (2021) Producer |
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F9 (2021) Screenplay |
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F9 (2021) Story |
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Star Trek Beyond (2016) Director |
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Star Trek Beyond (2016) Producer |
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Hollywood Adventures (2015) Story |
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Help (2014) Director |
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Yellow Face (2013) Executive Producer |
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Fast & Furious 6 (2013) Director |
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Vesuvius (2012) Executive Producer |
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Bad Butt (2012) Executive Producer |
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Grave Torture (2012) Executive Producer |
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Fast Five (2011) Director |
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Fast Five (2011) Executive Producer |
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Fast & Furious (2009) Director |
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Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007) Director |
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Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007) Writer |
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Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007) Producer |
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) Director |
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Annapolis (2006) Director |
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Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Director |
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Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Editor |
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Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Producer |
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Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Writer |
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Shopping for Fangs (1997) Director |
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Shopping for Fangs (1997) Writer |
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Shopping for Fangs (1997) Editor |
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The Last Days of John Allen Chau () Director |
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The Last Days of John Allen Chau () Producer |
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Moonshadow () Producer |
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One Punch Man () Director |
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One Punch Man () Producer |
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Two for the Money () Director |
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Two for the Money () Producer |
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Two for the Money () Writer |