Justin Lin is a Taiwanese-American film director.
22 Facts About Justin Lin
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Justin Lin's films have grossed US$2.3 billion worldwide as of March 2017.
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Justin Lin is known for his work on television programs like Community, and the second season of True Detective.
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Justin Lin immigrated to the United States at the age of eight and grew up in Buena Park, California.
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Justin Lin earned the rank of Eagle Scout in March 1989 while a member of Boy Scout Troop 670.
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Justin Lin attended the University of California, San Diego for two years before transferring to the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Justin Lin received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in film and television and a Master of Fine Arts in film directing and production from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
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Justin Lin was given a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017.
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Justin Lin wrote and directed a documentary, Crossover, which focused on the 70-year-old phenomenon of the Japanese American Basketball Leagues, which were established in the 1930s.
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Justin Lin went on to do an independent film, Finishing the Game, a mockumentary on the events surrounding the production of Bruce Lee's final film, Game of Death.
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Justin Lin directed the follow-up 2011 film Fast Five, which holds the titles for the highest-grossing opening weekend ever in April, and for any car-oriented film.
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Justin Lin co-wrote and co-produced the China-US action-comedy co-production Hollywood Adventures, starring Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei and Zhao Wei.
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In November 2012, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Justin Lin planned to direct a sci-fi film entitled Hibernation.
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At the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, Justin Lin acquired the narrative remake rights to the documentary, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, the adaptation of which he reportedly plans to self-finance and produce through his Perfect Storm banner.
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In June 2016, Variety announced that producer Steven Paul's SP International Pictures had acquired the rights to produce a live-action English-language feature film remake of the "iconic" manga, Lone Wolf and Cub, in an article where Justin Lin went unmentioned, after a March 2012 announcement that Justin Lin might direct such a film.
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In July 2016, Justin Lin mentioned that he was re-attached as the director for an adaptation of the manga, and that he plans to have a predominantly Asian cast, saying.
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In September 2017, it was announced that Justin Lin would be directing and developing a narrative version of the documentary Abacus: Small Enough to Jail by Steve James, who serves as an executive producer on the narrative film, with award-winning playwright and House of Cards writer Kenneth Justin Lin will be responsible for writing the screenplay.
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In October 2013, Deadline announced that Justin Lin would be directing the pilot of Scorpion, a CBS drama produced by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
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Justin Lin directed the first two episodes in 2015 of the second season of True Detective, "The Western Book of the Dead" and "Night Finds You".
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In December 2018, Justin Lin signed an overall TV deal with Apple, Inc.
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Justin Lin serves as Executive Producer of the series Warrior based on the writings of Bruce Lee.
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Justin Lin has a son, Okwe, who has made cameo appearances in several of his movies.