Actor

Dan Lin

Production

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Acting credits

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TMDB popularity

0.3

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Movies: 37Series: 9Crew credits: 44

TMDB ID: 112690

IMDb ID: nm1469853

Known for: Production

Born: April 8, 1971

Age: 54

Place of birth: Taipei, Taiwan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2006 - 2027

Years active: 22

Average TMDB rating: 6.67

Wikidata: Q5213883

Also known as

Lín Wěi • Lin Wei

Other jobs

Executive Producer (24)Producer (19)Development Manager (1)

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Biography

Dan Lin (traditional Chinese: 林暐; simplified Chinese: 林𬀩; pinyin: Lín Wěi; born April 8, 1973) is a Taiwanese-American film and television producer. He is the chairman of Netflix Films and the founder of Rideback (formerly Lin Pictures until 2018), a film and television production company that he formed in 2008. 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 the highest-grossing horror film. Lin also produced Disney's Aladdin, a live action adaptation of the 1992 animated feature, and Lilo and Stitch, a live action adaptation of the 2002 animated feature.