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Justin Lin

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Taiwanian film director

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • S.W.A.T.
  • Fast & furious 6

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1962
bluesblues rockbritishbritish rhythm & bluesclassic rockpop rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,074
Total plays
5,075

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,510x

  2. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,947x

  3. Swin Transformer: Hierarchical Vision Transformer using Shifted Windows

    · 2021 · cited 29,384x

  4. Microsoft COCO: Common Objects in Context

    · 2014 · cited 26,164x

  5. Focal Loss for Dense Object Detection

    · 2017 · cited 24,359x

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Key facts

Born
( 1971-10-11 ) October 11, 1971 (age 54) , Taipei , Taiwan
Alma mater
University of California, Los Angeles ( BA , MFA )
Occupations
Film and television director producer screenwriter
Years active
1994–present

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Encyclopedic overview

Justin Lin (traditional Chinese: 林詣彬; simplified Chinese: 林诣彬; pinyin: Lín Yìbīn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Gē-pin, born October 11, 1971) is a Taiwanese-American filmmaker and television show maker. His films have grossed over US$3 billion worldwide as of March 2017. He is best known for his directorial work on Better Luck Tomorrow (2002), the Fast & Furious franchise from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) to Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and F9 (2021), and Star Trek Beyond (2016). He is also known for his work on television programs like Community and True Detective.

Early life and education

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