Dan Lin is the founder and CEO of Rideback, the entertainment company known for producing tentpole live-action and animated content for global audiences. Since forming his company in 2008, Lin has produced films that have grossed nearly $6 billion in worldwide box office such as the "LEGO Movie" franchise, "IT", "Aladdin", and is currently in production on the live-action "Lilo & Stitch" for Disney. In television, Lin produces the CW’s #1 series “Walker,” starring Jared Padalecki, for CBS Studios. Lin is also in production on the live-action remake of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” for Netflix and “Interior Chinatown” for Hulu. Lin additionally founded Rideback Ranch, a creative campus located in LA’s Historic Filipinotown district. The Ranch serves as a community in service of creativity, connecting world-class writers and creators and providing space, networking, programming, and other forms of support. Lin serves on the Board of Directors for several non-profit organizations, including Rideback RISE, the Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women and Children, and the I Dream of Fish Foundation. He also serves on the (PGA) Producers Guild of America’s National Board of Directors. In 2022, Lin received the inaugural Vance Van Petten Entrepreneurial Spirit Award from the PGA.
