Sophia Lin is an American film producer. She is known for producing the 2011 film ''

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'', for which she won Film Independent Spirit Awards' Piaget Producers Award.

Early life

Lin grew up in

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, where she attended Livingston High School and became involved in student theatre. She studied at

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, majoring in film and television.

Career

Lin's first job on a feature film was as a script supervisor on the 1996 film '' Girls Town''. She worked as a

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on the second season of ''

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'' (2000), ''

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'' (2001), and '' Party Monster'' (2003), although she said her "big break" was working on '' All the Real Girls'' (2003), directed by

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, since she met collaborators who would help her to find ongoing work in the film industry. In 2009, writer–director Jeff Nichols, with whom Lin had previously worked on a failed project, sent her his script titled ''

''. Alongside Tyler Davidson, she agreed to produce the film, which was shot in 2010 and released in 2011. ''Take Shelter'' received numerous awards and nominations, and was selected by the

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as one of the top ten independent films of 2011. Lin personally won the Film Independent Spirit Awards' Piaget Producers Award, which, according to Film Independent, "recognizes an emerging producer who demonstrates the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality independent films." Lin and Davidson went on to produce

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's feature '' Compliance'' (2012) together. She executive-produced '' Camp X-Ray'' (2014) and produced ''

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'' (2015). ''

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'' magazine named Lin as one of their "10 Producers to Watch" in 2011. The following year, she was named one of "10 Producers Who Will Change Hollywood in 2012" by

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Sophia American film producers American women film producers Livingston High School (New Jersey) alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni People from Livingston, New Jersey Living people Year of birth missing (living people)