Justin Lin

Justin Lin (traditional Chinese: 林詣彬; simplified Chinese: 林诣彬; pinyin: Lín Yìbīn, born October 11, 1971) is a Taiwanese American film director whose films have grossed US$2.3 billion worldwide as of March 2017. He is best known for his directorial work on Better Luck Tomorrow, The Fast and the Furious movies (3-6), as well as on Star Trek Beyond. He is also known for his work on television programs like Community, and the second season of True Detective. 2Early life and education Justin Lin was born on October 11, 1971 in Taipei, Taiwan. He grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Cypress, California, in Orange County. He attended Cypress High School, and then the University of California, San Diego for two years. He then transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he earned a BA in Film and Television and a MFA in Film Directing and Production from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. 2Career 3Film work 41997-2005: Better Luck Tomorrow, Annapolis Justin Lin's first feature film was Shopping for Fangs (1997), which he co-directed with fellow UCLA Film School alumnus, Quentin Lee, when they were still at UCLA. The film stars John Cho and is considered to be a "cult classic" among independent Asian American films. Lin wrote and directed a documentary, Crossover (2000), which focused on the 70-year-old phenomenon of the Japanese American Basketball Leagues, which were established in the 1930s. Lin's solo directorial debut was Better Luck Tomorrow (2002), a film focusing on a circle of high-school-age Asian-Americans who become caught up in a cascading series of petty and then serious crime