Jason C. Lin

Jason Lin is a film producer and executive with representative films and producer credits including: A Dog's Journey, Green Book, A Dog's Purpose, Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year, The Forbidden Kingdom, Ocean Heaven, and Jet Li's Fearless. Jason was previously a senior executive at Alibaba Pictures based in Los Angeles and has also worked previously at the Jet Li Production Studio, The Walt Disney Company, UTA, and Morgan Stanley. Jason started Story Arch Pictures in 2019 to develop and produce mainstream, cross-cultural, and socially-relevant film and TV series aimed at a global audience and a focus on stories with at least one Asian American lead character. Sixty percent of the world's population is Asian and it is imperative to create global content that fully represents the Asian diaspora. Where possible, the goal is to also unlock revenue beyond film and TV. As an executive at Alibaba Pictures, Jason was responsible for establishing and managing partnerships with premiere Hollywood production companies like Amblin Partners, Fox and eOne. He led a slate of China co-production projects, including A Dog's Journey and Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year. Jason acquired films and worked with key internal divisions of at Alibaba to execute China releases of films such as Green Book (highest grossing Academy Award Best Picture winner in China) and A Dog's Purpose (RMB 608M / US$88M China box office, largest WW market, #1 family film of all-time in China). After working with Jet Li, Jason earned an MBA from The Wharton School and worked in TMT investment banking at Morgan Stanley and Moelis. He also worked at the United Talent Agency as a Director in Corporate Development & Strategy advising clients on their entrepreneurial business endeavors including exit strategy and JVs and better understanding their deal points. Jason was a VP of Development and Production at Jet Li Production Studio based in Shanghai. His producing credits including Ocean Heaven and The Forbidden Kingdom. His other film credits include The Mummy 3, Jet Li's Fearless, The Warlords, and War. Prior to that, Jason held strategic planning and finance roles at the Walt Disney Company in Burbank, supporting initiatives in TV Animation. For Jet Li, Jason created, built and continues to manage a partnership with Adidas called WUJI that embodies Chinese martial arts culture and the best of Adidas technology. The WUJI line launched in 2009 and is the first line of Adidas product designed in China to be released internationally.