---
name: "Dan Lin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-lin"
fi1m_id: "dan-lin"
imdb_id: "nm1469853"
tmdb_id: 112690
wikidata_id: "Q5213883"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "8 April 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 14
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 14
updated: "2026-10-23T04:14:51.089191+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dan Lin

## Identity

Dan Lin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-lin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-lin
- **IMDb ID:** nm1469853
- **TMDB ID:** 112690
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5213883
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5213883, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1469853/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112690

Producer. Born 8 April 1971 in Taipei, Taiwan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 8 April 1971, Taipei, Taiwan
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Lín Wěi, Lin Wei
- **Frequently works with:** [Guy Ritchie](https://film.one/person/guy-ritchie.md), [Jonathan Eirich](https://film.one/person/jonathan-eirich.md), [Roy Lee](https://film.one/person/roy-lee.md), [Andy Muschietti](https://film.one/person/andy-muschietti.md), [Gary Dauberman](https://film.one/person/gary-dauberman.md), [Joel Silver](https://film.one/person/joel-silver.md), [Jude Law](https://film.one/person/jude-law.md), [Rachel McAdams](https://film.one/person/rachel-mcadams.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 61, as producer, over 14 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 57 (2), 2010s 64 (8), 2020s 57 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 60 across 14 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 8 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 8, Adventure 7, Comedy 5, Family 5, Science Fiction 5, Animation 3
- **Screen time:** 28 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $6,325m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Lin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5213883, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1469853/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112690

## Coming up

- *Godzilla x Kong: Supernova* (2027-03-25), Executive Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Lilo & Stitch*](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md) (58), [*Aladdin*](https://film.one/film/aladdin-2019.md) (57), [*Haunted Mansion*](https://film.one/film/haunted-mansion.md) (51)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Lego Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie.md) (83)
- **Netflix:** [*The Two Popes*](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md) (75)
- **HBO Max:** [*It Chapter Two*](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dan Lin is a Taiwanese-American film and television producer. He founded the production company Lin Pictures in 2008, later renamed Rideback, and in 2024 became chairman of Netflix Films.

Lin previously worked as a senior executive at Warner Bros. Pictures. His producing credits include *Sherlock Holmes* (2009), *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011), *The Lego Movie* (2014), *It* (2017), *Aladdin* (2019), *It Chapter Two* (2019), *Haunted Mansion* (2023) and *Lilo & Stitch* (2025). He holds degrees from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (14)

- *Lilo & Stitch* (2025), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md)
- *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire* (2024), Fi1m 57, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire.md)
- *Haunted Mansion* (2023), Fi1m 51, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/haunted-mansion.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021), Fi1m 62, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-kong.md)
- *Aladdin* (2019), Fi1m 57, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin-2019.md)
- *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019), Fi1m 48, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.md)
- *It Chapter Two* (2019), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md)
- *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* (2019), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part.md)
- *The Two Popes* (2019), Fi1m 75, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md)
- *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md)
- *The Lego Movie* (2014), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie.md)
- *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows.md)
- *Sherlock Holmes* (2009), Fi1m 65, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes.md)
- *Terminator Salvation* (2009), Fi1m 49, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-salvation.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Godzilla x Kong: Supernova* (2027), Executive Producer
- *IT: Welcome to Derry* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Lilo & Stitch* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md)
- *Life Invisible* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Interior Chinatown* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire* (2024), Executive Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire.md)
- *Avatar: The Last Airbender* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Haunted Mansion* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 51, [page](https://film.one/film/haunted-mansion.md)
- *Walker Independence* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Easter Sunday* (2022), Producer
- *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021), Executive Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-kong.md)
- *Walker* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *The Lost Forest* (2020), Producer
- *The Two Popes* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md)
- *It Chapter Two* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md)
- *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019), Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.md)
- *Aladdin* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin-2019.md)
- *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part.md)
- *Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Shark E. Shark in "Which Way To The Ocean?* (2017), Executive Producer
- *UniKitty!* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017), Producer
- *It* (2017), Producer
- *Death Note* (2017), Producer
- *Cooking with Alfred* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Batman Is Just Not That Into You* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Dark Hoser* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Flora* (2017), as Matsudaira Basho · Executive Producer
- *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md)
- *Frequency* (2016), series, Executive Producer
- *The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Forever* (2014), series, Producer
- *Enter the Ninjago* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops* (2014), Executive Producer
- *The Lego Movie* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie.md)
- *Gangster Squad* (2013), Producer
- *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows.md)
- *Sherlock Holmes* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes.md)
- *The Box* (2009), Producer
- *The Invention of Lying* (2009), Producer
- *Shorts* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Terminator Salvation* (2009), Executive Producer — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-salvation.md)
- *Unaccompanied Minors* (2006), Development Manager
- *Lethal Weapon 5*, Producer
- *Untitled Inspector Gadget Reboot*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Dan Lin speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The LEGO Movie", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/8491/gallery-3e1dfe223aed.jpg) Dan Lin speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The LEGO Movie", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Dan_Lin%2C_2013_San_Diego_Comic_Con-cropped-2.jpg/1280px-Dan_Lin%2C_2013_San_Diego_Comic_Con-cropped-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dan Lin speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The LEGO Movie", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/8491/gallery-dca85163838a.jpg) Dan Lin speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The LEGO Movie", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Dan_Lin%2C_2013_San_Diego_Comic_Con-cropped.jpg/1280px-Dan_Lin%2C_2013_San_Diego_Comic_Con-cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dan Lin speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The LEGO Movie", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/8491/gallery-5681d9eaed51.jpg) Dan Lin speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The LEGO Movie", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Dan_Lin%2C_2013_San_Diego_Comic_Con-cropped_3.jpg/1280px-Dan_Lin%2C_2013_San_Diego_Comic_Con-cropped_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dan Lin](https://film.one/media/person/8491/gallery-7f1cfb03c48a.jpg) Dan Lin — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Dan_Lin_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Dan_Lin_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dan Lin](https://film.one/media/person/8491/gallery-13c80b4384a8.jpg) Dan Lin — Image via TMDB

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