I am fascinated by the complexity of the human mind and its ability to create and destroy life.
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Lin Que Ayoung is an award-winning writer/director/producer. Upon obtaining an MFA from NYU's Graduate Film program, Lin Que's thesis film, Cracked, which won The Spike Lee Production Grant, won a Top Honor King Wasserman Award for Best Graduate Film at NYU's First Run Film Festival. There, it also won Craft Awards for Acting and Cinematography. Cracked had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and was selected to compete at the Chicago International Film Festival, LA Shorts, HollyShorts, and more. Cracked was also selected to be one of the five American Black Film Festival HBO Short Film Competition Finalists. Thus, garnering a license agreement with MAX.
Amongst her achievements with Cracked, she was chosen to be a fellow of the Gotham Marcie Bloom Fellowship Program, one of the ten Women Director's selected for Issa Rae's Project Greenlight, and a Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow as a co-writer for the feature film Ricky.
Most recently, Lin Que was selected to be a mentee for Ryan Murphy's HALF Initiative Director Shadowing Program where she received extensive mentorship from Steven Canals, the 3-time Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning Co-creator, Showrunner, Executive Producer, Director, and Writer of FX's groundbreaking drama series Pose.
  • Writer (6 Credits)
    FLOW! (Pilot Script)
    Television Script
    LIN QUE AYOUNG – NO DRAMA – 2024
    Short
    THE DUMPING GROUND
    Television Script
    Cracked2020
    Short, Student
    FLOW! (Pilot)2020
    Television, Web / New Media
    The Dreamer2018
    Short, Student
  • Director (5 Credits)
    LIN QUE AYOUNG – NO DRAMA – 2024
    Short
    Lin Que Ayoung's Personal Introduction Video for the SeriesFest & Shondaland Women Directing Mentorship2021
    Other
    Cracked2020
    Short, Student
    FLOW! (Pilot)2020
    Television, Web / New Media
    The Dreamer2018
    Short, Student
  • Editor (3 Credits)
    Cracked2020
    Short, Student
    FLOW! (Pilot)2020
    Television, Web / New Media
    The Dreamer2018
    Short, Student
  • Producer (3 Credits)
    Cracked2020
    Short, Student
    FLOW! (Pilot)2020
    Television, Web / New Media
    The Dreamer2018
    Short, Student
Semi-Finalist
FLOW! (Pilot Script)
Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition
London, England
2021
HBO® Short Film Competition Finalist
Cracked
American Black Film Festival
Miami, Florida
2021
Official Selection
Cracked
Bushwick Film Festival
Brooklyn, NY
2021
Official Selection
Cracked
Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois
2021
Official Selection
Cracked
International Black Film Festival
Nashville, TN
2021
Official Selection
Cracked
HollyShorts Film Festival
Hollywood, CA
2021
Official Selection
Cracked
Montreal International Black Film Festival
Montreal, Quebec
2021
Official Selection
Cracked
BronzeLens Film Festival
Atlanta, Georgia
2021
Official Selection
Cracked
Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
2021
Official Selection
Cracked
Bentonville Film Festival
Bentonville, Arkansas
2021
Official Selection
Cracked
LA Shorts International Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
2021
Official Selection
Cracked
Tribeca Film Festival 2021
New York
2021
Graduate 2nd Prize Wasserman Award Recipient | Craft Award for Cinematography | Craft Award for Acting
Cracked
NYU's 2021 First Run Film Festival (Non-Public Screening)
New York
2021
Official Selection
The Dreamer
HBO Presents The New York Latino Film Festival
New York
2019
Craft Award for Directing
The Dreamer
NYU Tisch School of the Arts' First Run Film Festival
New York
2018
Official Selection
The Dreamer
Omovies Film Festival | the International Competition on Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, and Questioning Audiovisual Works
Napoli
2018
College
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Graduate Film & TV Production
20152020
Birth City
Queens, New York
Current City
Brooklyn, New York
Hometown
New York
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
Black / African American
I am fascinated by the complexity of the human mind and its ability to create and destroy life.
Company
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