Person
Asuka Lin
Directing
Biography
Asuka Lin (they/them) is a Japanese-Taiwanese filmmaker based in Chicago, where they are a post-production coordinator at BluBird Post. They earned their BFA at the California Institute of the Arts in film/video. Apart from their background in camera, their own directorial work travels from anarchic cyberpunk to meditative folktales, united by themes of yearning and conflicting realities. Their films have enjoyed a number of screenings internationally, including London Short Film Festival, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Athens International Film + Video Film Festival.
Known for
Sam Wants Her Sweater Back
Post Coordinator
Story Drive: Voices Unveiled
Editor
Injustice System
Cinematography
winter terrace
fox
sakanatama
Director
Into the Emerald Sea
Director
Dodoba
Villager 3 / Little Garo (voice)
A.I. Mama
Writer
Filmography
- 2026Story Drive: Voices UnveiledEditor
- 2026Sam Wants Her Sweater BackPost Coordinator
- 2024Into the Emerald SeaDirector
- 2022A.I. MamaWriter
- 2021Injustice SystemCinematography
- 2020winter terracefox
- 2017sakanatamaDirector
- 2015DodobaVillager 3 / Little Garo (voice)
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