Justin Lin is an American director born in Taipei, Taiwan, celebrated for revitalizing and steering the Fast & Furious franchise into one of the most commercially dominant action series in cinema history. Better Luck Tomorrow, his acclaimed independent debut examining overachieving Asian American teenagers drawn into crime, established his early reputation for socially attuned character work before he took over the Fast and the Furious franchise beginning with Tokyo Drift. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, and F9 showed his sustained command of increasingly elaborate large-scale vehicular action set pieces across multiple franchise entries. Star Trek Beyond extended his blockbuster credentials into another major studio franchise. Lin's transformation of the Fast & Furious series into a global action phenomenon has made him one of the most commercially significant Asian American directors in Hollywood history. Read more