Editing Dan Lin (section)

{{Short description|American film producer (born 1973)}}
{{for|the Chinese badminton player also surnamed Lin|Lin Dan}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Lin (surname)|Lin]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Dan Lin
| image              = Dan Lin by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption            = Lin at the 2013 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]
| native_name        = 林暐
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1973|4|8}}
| birth_place        = [[Taipei]], Taiwan
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| alma_mater         = [[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[B. S.|BS]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[M. B. A.|MBA]])
| occupation         = Film and television producer
| years_active       = 1999–present
| spouse             = 
}}
 
'''Dan Lin''' ({{zh|t={{linktext|林|暐}}|s=林𬀩|p=Lín Wěi|first=t}}; born April 8, 1973) is a [[Taiwanese Americans|Taiwanese-American]] film and television producer. He is the chairman of Netflix Films and the founder of [[Rideback (production company)|Rideback]] (formerly Lin Pictures until 2018), a film and television production company that he formed in 2008. Lin produced Warner Bros.' ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', ''[[Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows]]'', ''[[The Lego Movie]]'', ''[[The Lego Batman Movie]]'', ''[[The Lego Ninjago Movie]]'', ''[[The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part]]'', and the horror film ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]'', which holds the record for highest-grossing horror film.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/it-stephen-king-highest-grossing-horror-film-1202566209/ |title='It' Becomes Highest Grossing Horror Film of All Time |last=Lang |first=Brent |website=Variety |date=September 22, 2017 |access-date=September 26, 2017}},</ref> Lin also produced [[Disney]]'s ''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]'', a live action adaptation of the [[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|1992 animated feature]].