---
name: "Janet Lin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/janet-lin"
fi1m_id: "janet-lin"
imdb_id: "nm2109010"
tmdb_id: 1367537
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:37:15.645562+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."
---

# Janet Lin

## Identity

Janet Lin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/janet-lin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** janet-lin
- **IMDb ID:** nm2109010
- **TMDB ID:** 1367537
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2109010/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1367537

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2109010/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1367537

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Bridgerton*](https://film.one/tv/bridgerton.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Janet Lin is a television writer and producer. She is a Television Academy Foundation alumna who began her career with early writing credits including an episode of *Waterfront* (2006). She spent five years on the FOX series *Bones* (2005), working as a writer, story editor and executive story editor before taking on producing roles.

Lin has written episodes of *Forever* (2014), *The Night Shift* (2014), *The Orville* (2017) and *Cursed* (2020). She served as co-executive producer and writer on the first season of *Bridgerton* (2020) for Shondaland. She has also held producing positions on *The Orville*, *The Night Shift*, *Forever* and *Bones*. She received a Primetime Emmy nomination for her work.

As of 2021, Lin was developing and writing a Disney animated feature film.

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com, bridgerton.fandom.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bridgerton* (2020), Fi1m 80, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/bridgerton.md)
- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Story Editor, Writer, Executive Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *56 Days* (2026), series, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Bridgerton* (2020), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/bridgerton.md)
- *Cursed* (2020), series, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Orville* (2017), series, Writer
- *Forever* (2014), series, Writer
- *The Night Shift* (2014), series, Writer
- *Bones* (2005), series, Writer, Story Editor, Executive Story Editor, Co-Producer, Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)

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