---
name: "Patrick Lin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patrick-lin"
fi1m_id: "patrick-lin"
imdb_id: "nm0510936"
tmdb_id: 7975
wikidata_id: "Q71739282"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-01T22:32:50.414753+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."
---

# Patrick Lin

## Identity

Patrick Lin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patrick-lin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patrick-lin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0510936
- **TMDB ID:** 7975
- **Wikidata ID:** Q71739282
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Lin_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71739282, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510936/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7975

Cinematographer. Born in Hong Kong.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2004–2019
- **Frequently works with:** [Jonas Rivera](https://film.one/person/jonas-rivera.md), [Josh Cooley](https://film.one/person/josh-cooley.md), [Pete Docter](https://film.one/person/pete-docter.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 88 (2), 2010s 79 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 82 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 5, Family 5, Adventure 4, Comedy 4, Action 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,042m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Lin_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71739282, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510936/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7975

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Up*](https://film.one/film/up.md) (88), [*The Incredibles*](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md) (88), [*Inside Out*](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md) (87), [*Toy Story 4*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Patrick Lin is a Hong Kong-born cinematographer and layout artist who has worked at Pixar Animation Studios since 1997. He trained at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, where he completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film and video.

Lin joined Pixar as a layout artist on *A Bug's Life* (1998) and later served as director of photography on *The Incredibles* (2004), *Up* (2009), *Inside Out* (2015) and *Toy Story 4* (2019). He has also contributed layout work to films including *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), *Ratatouille* (2007) and *Monsters University* (2013), and camera supervision on shorts such as *The Blue Umbrella* (2013) and *Bao* (2018). On *Inside Out*, he introduced Pixar's first virtual camera lens modelled on a real lens.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Toy Story 4* (2019), Fi1m 78, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *Inside Out* (2015), Fi1m 87, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *Monsters University* (2013), Fi1m 72, Layout — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *Up* (2009), Fi1m 88, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)
- *The Incredibles* (2004), Fi1m 88, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Win or Lose* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *Nona* (2021), Camera Supervisor
- *Toy Story 4* (2019), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *Bao* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Inside Out* (2015), Director of Photography — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *Monsters University* (2013), as Layout — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *The Blue Umbrella* (2013), Camera Supervisor
- *Up* (2009), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)
- *Ratatouille* (2007), Animation — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)
- *The Incredibles* (2004), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Animation — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest* (2001), Grip, Lighting Technician
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), as Sequence Leads — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)

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