Justin Lin

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Justin Lin

Justin Lin ( Chinese  林 詣 彬 , Pinyin Lín Yìbīn ; born October 11, 1973 in Taipei , Taiwan ) is an American film director , screenwriter and film producer .

Live and act

Born in Taiwan, Lin grew up in Orange County , California . He graduated from UCLA Film School.

In 1997 he made his debut as a director with the film Shopping for Fangs . In 2002 he directed his second feature film, Better Luck Tomorrow . For this production, Lin was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival . He was also nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards .

In 2006 he directed the star drama Annapolis - Fight for Recognition . The actor James Franco took on the lead role. In the same year, Lin directed The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, the third part of The Fast and Furious film series . Due to the great financial success, five more films in the series have so far been shot. Lin re-directed the first three: Fast & Furious - New Model - followed in 2009 . Original parts. , Fast & Furious Five was released in 2011, followed by Fast & Furious 6 two years later . In April 2011, Lin was interviewed as director of Terminator: Genisys ; the film was then directed by Alan Taylor . In late 2014, it was announced that Lin would direct Star Trek Beyond . Filming began in June 2015. In July 2016, the film was released in cinemas.

Lin doesn't just make action films. In 2007 he directed the comedy Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee . He also directed several episodes of the comedy television series Community from 2009 to 2010 . Lin is also said to be responsible for the comeback of the television series Knight Rider , which should be seen online in 2017.

Filmography (selection)

Director

script

  • 1997: Shopping for Fangs
  • 2002: Better Luck Tomorrow
  • 2015: Hollywood Adventures

producer

  • 2002: Better Luck Tomorrow
  • 2007: Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
  • 2015: Hollywood Adventures
  • 2016: Star Trek Beyond

Executive Producer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1504202/director-justin-lin-shares-his-furious-vision.jhtml article on mtv.com (accessed April 26, 2011)
  2. http://www.moviejones.de/news/news-justin-lin-macht-terminator-5-mit-schwarzenegger_7634.html Article on Moviejones.de (accessed on April 27, 2011)
  3. http://globalnews.ca/news/1847312/star-trek-3-to-shoot-in-vancouver-this-summer/
  4. Knight Rider before Comeback ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / netzpropaganda.de