Justin Lin
Justin Lin
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.
Known For Directing
Popularity 13.145
Birthday 1971-10-11
Place of Birth Taipei, Taiwan
Also Known As Yipin Lin, 林诣彬,
Hollywood Chinese
2007

Hollywood Chinese

50 Years of Star Trek
2016

50 Years of Star Trek

Masters of the Pillow
2003

Masters of the Pillow

Better Luck Tomorrow
2002

Better Luck Tomorrow

Fast & Furious Greatest Moments: Refuelled
2023

Fast & Furious Greatest Moments: Refuelled

Geeking Out
2016

Geeking Out

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS News Sunday Morning
1979

CBS News Sunday Morning