Dan Lin

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For the Chinese badminton player also surnamed Lin, see Lin Dan.

In this Chinese name, the family name is *Lin*.

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**Dan Lin** (Chinese: 林暐; pinyin: *Lin Wei*; born April 8, 1973) is an American film producer. He is the founder and CEO of Rideback (formerly Lin Pictures until 2018), a film and television production company that he formed in 2008 that has a first-look deal at Warner Bros.[1] Lin produced Warner Bros.' *Sherlock Holmes*, *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows*, *The Lego Movie*, *The Lego Batman Movie*, *The Lego Ninjago Movie*, *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part*, and the horror film *It*, which holds the record for highest-grossing horror film.[2] Lin also produced Disney's *Aladdin*, a live action adaptation of the 1992 animated feature.[3]

## Contents

* 1Early life
* 2Career
* 3Filmography
	+ 3.1Films
	+ 3.2Television
* 4References
* 5External links

## Early life[edit]

Dan Lin was born in Taipei, Taiwan, the son of an executive in the international food industry. He moved to the United States at the age of five.[4]

In 1994, Lin received his undergraduate degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1999, he earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.[4]

## Career[edit]

Between his first and second year at Harvard Business School, Lin undertook a summer internship program with Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who was then an executive with Warner Bros. Pictures. In 1999, a day after Lin's graduation, the studio executive offered Lin a junior position at Warners. Lin worked his way up to Senior Vice President of Production and left in 2007 to form his own company. During his eight years at Warners, Lin oversaw the development and production of the Academy Award-winning film *The Departed*, directed by Martin Scorsese. Other films Lin oversaw include *10,000 BC*, directed by Roland Emmerich; *The Aviator*, directed by Martin Scorsese; *Alexander*, directed by Oliver Stone; *TMNT*; *The Invasion*; *Unaccompanied Minors*; *Matchstick Men*; *Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed*; and *Torque*.

In January 2008 he formed Lin Pictures, based at Warner Bros.[5] He described the transition from development executive to producer as natural: "It’s a symbiotic relationship between the studio and the producers, we all work together towards the same goal – make the best movie possible."[6]

Lin currently serves on the board of directors for the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and is a mentor for both the Producers Guild of America and the Center for Asian American Media. In September 2008, Lin was honored as one of Variety's "10 Producers to Watch."[7] In April 2015, Lin was named to *The Hollywood Reporter'*s list of 'The 30 Most Powerful Film Producers in Hollywood'[8] More recently, Lin himself signed a deal with Universal Pictures.[9]

## Filmography[edit]

### Films[edit]

* *Torque* (2004) – Development executive
* *The Departed* (2006) – Development executive
* *Unaccompanied Minors* (2006) – Development executive
* *Terminator Salvation* (2009) – Executive Producer
* *Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock* (2009) – Executive Producer
* *The Invention of Lying* (2009) – Producer
* *The Box* (2009) – Producer
* *Sherlock Holmes* (2009) – Producer
* *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011) – Producer
* *Gangster Squad* (2013) – Producer
* *The Lego Movie* (2014) – Producer
* *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017) – Producer
* *It* (2017) – Producer
* *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017) – Producer
* *Death Note* (2017) – Producer
* *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* (2019) – Producer
* *Aladdin* (2019) – Producer
* *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019) – Executive Producer
* *It Chapter Two* (2019) – Producer
* *The Two Popes* (2019) – Producer
* *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021) – Executive Producer
* *Sherlock Holmes 3* (TBA) – Producer
* *Lilo & Stitch* (TBA) – Producer
* Live-action *Inspector Gadget* film (TBA) – Producer[10]
* *Dear David* (TBA) – Producer

### Direct-a-Video[edit]

* *The Return of Jafar* (TBA) – Producer
* *Aladdin and the King of Thieves* (TBA) – Producer
* *Stitch The Movie* (TBA) – Producer
* *Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch* (TBA) – Producer
* *Leroy & Stitch* (TBA) – Producer

### Television[edit]

* *Poe* (2011) – Executive Producer (pilot)
* *The Secret Lives of Wives* (2012) – Executive Producer (pilot)
* *To My Future Assistant* (2013) – Executive Producer (pilot)
* *Forever* (2014–15) – Executive Producer
* *Lethal Weapon* (2016–19) – Executive Producer
* *Frequency* (2016) – Executive Producer
* *Murder* remake (2017) - Executive Producer (in development)
* *Unikitty!* (2017–20) - Executive Producer
* *Walker* (2021) - Executive Producer
* *Avatar: The Last Airbender* - Executive Producer
* *Aladdin: The Series* (TBA) - Executive Producer
* *Lilo & Stitch: The Series* (TBA) – Producer

## External links[edit]

* Dan Lin at IMDb

* LCCN: no2010068740
* NLP: A28439399
* PLWABN: 9810588749905606
* Trove: 1521412
* VIAF: 159893388
* WorldCat Identities: lccn-no2010068740

Categories:

* Living people
* 1973 births
* American film producers
* Businesspeople from Los Angeles
* Businesspeople from Taipei
* Harvard Business School alumni
* American people of Taiwanese descent
* Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni
* Film producers from California
* Taiwanese expatriates in Hong Kong
* Taiwanese emigrants to the United States
* American people of Teochew descent