Patrick Lin

Patrick Lin is a director of photography who has worked at Pixar since September 1997.

Biography

From 1984 to 1988, Lin attended California College of the Arts, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film/Video.

Filmography

• A Bug's Life (1998): layout artist
• Toy Story 2 (1999): layout sequence lead
• Monsters, Inc. (2001): lead layout artist
• The Incredibles (2004): director of photography - camera & staging
• Ratatouille (2007): layout lead
• Mater's Tall Tales (2008-2012):
  • Unidentified Flying Mater (2009): camera supervisor
  • Monster Truck Mater (2010): camera supervisor
  • Heavy Metal Mater (2010): camera supervisor
• Up (2009): director of photography - camera & staging
• Dug's Special Mission (2009): layout artist
• Cars 2 (2011): pre-production director of photography
• Brave (2012): layout artist
• The Blue Umbrella (2013): camera supervisor
• Monsters University (2013): layout artist
• Inside Out (2015): director of photography - camera & staging
• The Good Dinosaur (2015): layout artist
• Lou (2017): layout artist
• Coco (2017): layout artist
• Bao (2018): director of photography - camera & staging
• Toy Story 4 (2019): director of photography - camera & staging
• Luca (2021): layout artist
• Dug Days (2021):
  • Squirrel!: layout artist
  • Smell: layout artist
• Nona (2021): layout artist
• Inside Out 2 (2024): layout artist
• Win or Lose (2025): director of photography

External Links

• LinkedIn