Lin Oeding is an American director and veteran stunt coordinator. Lin grew up in Houston, Texas and attended The University of Texas at Austin where he received a BFA in Film Directing and Screenwriting.As a result of his background in mixed martial arts and gymnastics, Lin got his early break working with Chuck Norris on the television series, “Walker: Texas Ranger””.Over the next decade, Lin had the opportunity to study under many of the best directors in the business on projects such as “”The Last Samurai””, “”Inception””, “”Star Trek”” and over 100+ other movie and tv shows.While stunt coordinating “”Straight Outta Compton””, Lin’s pre-viz caught the eye of director F. Gary Gray, and he was asked to direct 2nd unit for the Ferrari chase sequence as well as the opening crack house breach.Lin followed up “”Straight Outta Compton”” with his own short film, “”Lifted”” (starring Joel Edgerton). As a result of “”Lifted”” and his prior shorts, Lin’s career took off in both features and television.Lin made his feature directorial debut with the action-thriller “”Braven”” starring Jason Momoa, and Stephen Lang. The movie released in 2018 to positive reviews from critics including: The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, LA Times, and NY Post. His background in both theater directing, and stunt coordination was noted by the critics in his sharp camera aesthetic, fluid action blocking, and effective storytelling.”
Lin Oeding
Movies
Bullet
In New Orleans, hit men James Bonomo, a.k.a. Jimmy Bobo, and Louis Blanchard execute dirty cop Hank Greely in a hotel room. But they are betrayed and Louis is stabbed in a bar by a mercenary named Keegan while waiting for the payment of the contract. Meanwhile, Washington D.C. police…
Fun Facts
Majored in Film Writing and Directing at the University of Texas at Austin (Graduated, May 2001)
In 1989, was a semi-finalist at the Nintendo World Championship, and was considered one of the best 'Tetris' players in the country.
Competed professionally on pay-per-view, in Bare-Knuckled fighting events.
Former Member of Houston Stuntmen's Association
Father Caucasion (German/Dutch), mother Taiwanese (Chinese).
Has performed on screen fight scenes with Jet Li, Chuck Norris, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale (Batman), Ben Affleck (Batman), Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Vin Diesel, Steven Segal, Jason Statham, Seth Rogen, Anne Hathaway, Ice-T, Jennifer Garner, Jason Momoa, Eliza Dushku, Ken Watanabe, Kurt Angle and many others.
Since childhood Lin trained in Karate, Tae Kwon Do and Kung Fu. He began his MMA training at the age of 17 in Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Wrestling. In the fighting circuit, after 19 fights, Lin holds a 16-2-1 record.