Weiko Lin

Fluent in Mandarin, Weiko is a writer/director and author who explores Asian diaspora and creates global narrative content. Currently, Weiko has a feature biopic about a World War II American flying ace with Oscar nominee Andrew Lazar (AMERICAN SNIPER, NYAD) producing and created series format for two Disney+ Asia Pacific original one-hour series.

He authored CRAZY SCREENWRITING SECRETS: HOW TO CAPTURE A GLOBAL AUDIENCE (Michael Wiese Productions, 2019), its traditional Chinese edition 好萊塢劇本創作術 (Briefing Press, 2022), and upcoming simplified Chinese edition 编剧也疯狂 (Post Wave, 2026) scheduled to release wide in Mainland China at end of this year.

His past commissioned works include feature adaptation of New York Times best-selling memoir RIVER TOWN by MacArthur Fellow Peter Hessler and a series half-hour pilot based on a Penguin YA novel for Super Deluxe. He has written projects for The Mark Gordon Company, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Ivanhoe Pictures/SK Global, Don Mischer Productions, and Wanda Pictures. He wrote the original story for and produced the Chinese romance film 100 DAYS 真愛 100 天 that world premiered at Hawaii International Film Festival and was an official selection at the Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Film Festival in Mainland China.

Weiko’s newest original musical RISE TO THE TOP (Book and Lyrics) is about a young immigrant from Hong Kong achieving the American dream as a celebrity chef on top of his culinary empire while struggling to fit into Americana at great sacrifices. In December 2025, it had an industry stage reading presentation at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles

A Sundance Collab Advisor, he was a finalist for both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship and the Princess Grace Playwriting Award. He is a director in the Ryan Murphy HALF Initiative where he shadowed on 911 Lone Star. Prior to LMU, he was a tenured Associate Professor of Screenwriting at Emerson College and has taught at Northwestern University, UCLA Film and TV Professional Program, and Taipei National University of the Arts as a Fulbright Senior Specialist.

A member of Writers Guild of America West and the Dramatist Guild of America, he previously served as co-chair of WGA’s Asian American Writers committee. He is represented by Anonymous Content and United Talent Agency.