Johnny Lin

Johnny Lin
Nationality	American
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	2009-present
Organization	Filmula Entertainment, Filmula International

Johnny Lin is an American film producer. He is the principal of Filmula Entertainment and president of licensor Filmula International.

Lin began his career working for his father Jimmy Lin, a producer on Jet Li's breakout film The Legend, who came to the U.S. in 1979 and started his own video distribution business. He was a member of his father’s prolific distribution team, which distributed over 800 films in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. During this time, Lin and his father distributed successful films such as The Lord of the Rings, Rush Hour, The Wedding Singer, Wag the Dog, Spawn, and Runaway Bride. After growing up in New Zealand, Lin moved to the U.S.

Lin has been a producer and executive producer on numerous feature films including the upcoming crime thriller American Made with Tom Cruise, the black comedy Bernie with Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey, the drama Another Happy Day, and the 2010 Hesher. He also wrote, directed and produced the 2016 independent film Queen of Hearts. He heads Filmula, and has acquired the rights many films including Hunger Games, Magic Mike and The King's Speech, and exclusive rights to distribution of Miramax films and TV shows in Taiwan. He has been CEO of Studio Solutions since 2005. Studio Solutions Group has acquired 1,200 films including the Miramax library. In 2010 Filmula partnered with FilmNation signing a co-production deal. In 2012, Studio Solutions became embroiled in a dispute with CatchPlay over 925 film rights and whether Studio Solutions and CatchPlay had an agency relationship; in 2014, a dispute with Media Development Corp was awarded in Studio Solutions' favor.

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