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Eric Lin

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Known For

House of Spoils · 2024

★ 5.52024

An ambitious chef opens a restaurant on a remote estate where she battles kitchen chaos, crushing self doubts… and a haunting presence who threatens to sabotage her at every turn.

When a husband and wife move to a small town, a home invasion leaves the wife traumatized and suspicious that those around her might not be who they seem.

Cold Comes the Night · 2013

Cold Comes the Night

★ 5.42013

MovieCrimeDrama

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

The Perfect Find · 2023

The Perfect Find

★ 6.12023

MovieRomanceComedy

After a high-profile firing, everything is at stake for 40-year-old Jenna: her career, her ticking biological clock, and her bank account. Her fashion career comeback hits a snag when she falls for a charming, much younger coworker — who happens to be her boss’s son. As sparks fly, Jenna must decide if she’ll risk it all on a secret romance with the one person who could destroy her comeback.

In a race against time, an ailing woman discovers her teenage son's violent obsessions and must go to great lengths to protect him, and possibly others, in this portrait of a Chinese American family. Inspired by true events.

Hearts Beat Loud · 2018

Hearts Beat Loud

★ 6.82018

MovieMusicDrama

In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two embark on a journey of love, growing up and musical discovery.

A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.

Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop’s world of high-power big money is brutal and fierce, and one she thrives in. When a controversial IPO threatens the fragile balance of power and confidentiality, Naomi finds herself entangled in a web of politics and deception.

Filmography

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House of Spoils · 2024

House of Spoils

★ 5.52024

MovieHorrorMystery

An ambitious chef opens a restaurant on a remote estate where she battles kitchen chaos, crushing self doubts… and a haunting presence who threatens to sabotage her at every turn.

Director of Photography

When a husband and wife move to a small town, a home invasion leaves the wife traumatized and suspicious that those around her might not be who they seem.

Director of Photography

Cold Comes the Night · 2013

Cold Comes the Night

★ 5.42013

MovieCrimeDrama

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

"B" Camera Operator

The Perfect Find · 2023

The Perfect Find

★ 6.12023

MovieRomanceComedy

Director of Photography

Director

Hearts Beat Loud · 2018

Hearts Beat Loud

★ 6.82018

MovieMusicDrama

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Mifune: The Last Samurai · 2016

Mifune: The Last Samurai

★ 7.02016

MovieDocumentaryHistory

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

Director of Photography

Death of a Dynasty · 2003

Death of a Dynasty

★ 6.42003

MovieComedy

A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash and Jay-Z.

Assistant Editor

My Blind Brother · 2016

My Blind Brother

★ 5.92016

MovieComedyDrama

Love for the same woman causes conflict between an over-achieving blind athlete and the brother who made him that way.

Director of Photography

The Sound of Silence · 2019

The Sound of Silence

★ 5.82019

MovieDrama

A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.

Director of Photography

Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.

Director of Photography

Based on a Chinese fable, "Aunt Tigress" tells the tale of two children who, when left home alone, make the deadly mistake of opening the door to a stranger.

Director of Photography

The Exploding Girl · 2010

The Exploding Girl

★ 6.02010

MovieDrama

On a summer break from college, Ivy, a young epileptic woman, struggles to balance her feelings for her fledgling boyfriend while her friend Al crashes with her for the season.

Director of Photography

The aardvark has evolved to be one of a kind. You could say the same of Josh Norman.

Director of Photography

The Song of Sway Lake · 2019

The Song of Sway Lake

★ 5.22019

MovieDrama

In the wake of his father’s suicide, young record collector Ollie Sway returns to the family lake house with his friend Nikolai in tow to lay claim to an invaluable jazz recording. An unexpected visit from Ollie’s estranged grandmother and a chance encounter with a girl from across the lake derail their search, forcing them to confront the Sway family history and a suffering that has resounded through generations.

Director of Photography

A young mother works at a memory-recreation facility. When a client pushes her to break the rules, she's forced to decide how far she's willing to go. Dreams and fantasy become entangled with memory as power shifts hands.

Director of Photography

Basic Emotions

★ 10.0

Movie

The stories of four Manhattan roommates: Alicia, a flighty and seductive artist; John, an accountant and trapped dreamer; Dahlia, a no-nonsense investment banker and Ethan, a politically motivated writer.

Director of Photography

A graduate student's vengeful ex-roommate refuses to let him retrieve an important book that he needs for his dissertation on Charles Dickens.

Director of Photography

Greta's dad Tom is moving the family cross-country in a dented station wagon, promising a California paradise to his kids. All that's missing is Mom.

Director of Photography

I'll Be Your Mirror · 2024

I'll Be Your Mirror

2024

MovieDrama

Widow Chloe travels to Japan for work where she is welcomed by an old friend, Toshi. Sliding between the melancholy of loss and the awe of perspectives changed, Chloe wanders an unfamiliar landscape where love has carved all the guiding grooves.

Director of Photography

Previously a central part of communal life, the movie palaces of New York’s Chinatown are now extinct. This documentary short takes us inside the title theater located on the Bowery, as it’s about to close its doors, with its caretakers ruefully looking back at the life that once was. Eric Lin’s poignant first film serves as a glimpse into the usually private—and, according to the Music Palace’s projectionist, “lonely”—operations of a theater, and mourns the loss of a once-vital movie-going locale.

Director

Spark and Light · 2014

Spark and Light

★ 3.02014

MovieDrama

Soon after Elizabeth receives this text message, her mother isn't the only one lost in sleep. Elizabeth's car has broken down. It's freezing cold, no sign of life nearby. She just has to wait, patiently. The recovery guys will be here soon, Elizabeth. Till then, she warms her young hands on the vents, drifts into a strange slumber, followed by an even more surreal awakening. Icelandic landscapes merge with Elizabeth's memories. Fears are magically transformed into comforting and fantastical fabrics. Father, upstairs, alone.

Director of Photography

Amend: The Fight for America · 2021

Amend: The Fight for America

★ 7.12021

SeriesDocumentaryWar & Politics

Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.

Director of Photography