Career
In the 1990s, Lin Yan was admitted to the Directing Department of the Beijing Film Academy, where she studied under directors Xie Fei (谢飞) and Xie Xiaojing (谢晓晶). During her time at the Beijing Film Academy, She was able to work on a TV series called The Phantom Lover (夜半歌声) which was directed by Huang Lei (黄磊 ). [2]
Graduating in 2002 from the Beijing Film Academy, She worked for director Guan Hu (管虎) on the drama mystery series The Winter Solstice (冬至). Afterwards, she started working for film director Teng Hua Tao (滕华涛). [2]
In 2007, she become the executive director for the family drama called (双面胶) (no known official translation) under the direction of director Teng Hua Tao (滕华涛). [3] 2 years later, in 2009, she was in the same role under director 滕华涛 (Teng Hua Tao) for the urban drama 《蜗居》(official translation unknown) and Wang Gui & Anna (王贵与安娜), a family drama adaptation from a novel written by 六六 (six six) called also《王贵与安娜》. [4]
In 2010, she served the same role for the family drama 《瞧这一家子》(unknow official translation). With the following year, her first movie as an executive director on Love Is Not Blind (失恋33天), [5] directed by Teng Hua Tao (滕华涛). [6] [7] [8] In 2012, she continued with a drama called《时尚女编辑》(unknow official translation) that premiered in July 16. [9] On the same year, Lin Yan did her last work as a executive director on drama series called《浮沉》(unknow official translation) which features the actors and actress Zhang Jia Yi (张嘉益) and Bai Baihe (白百何) in it. In 2013 She set her last movie as an executive director for Teng Hua Tao (滕华涛), a Nepal-set rom-com. [10] On the same year of 2013, Lin Yan solo directed a drama series called《屌丝日记》(unknow official translation) that was released in 2014. [11] She went on to direct the drama Where Are We Going, Dad? (爸爸去哪儿) with Xie Di Kui (谢涤葵), broadcast on Hunan TV in 2014. [12]
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In 2015, she directed the youth drama Grow Up (长大), [13] which was adapted from a novel written online by a user called "zhuzhu6P". [14] It later won the 11th Television Production Industry "Outstanding TV Drama" Award. [15]
During the same year, she co-directed the sequel to Where Are We Going, Dad? (爸爸去哪儿2). [16] She followed this work up with a drama series (我为儿孙当北漂) or Wo wei er sun dang bei piao), featuring Yin Tao (殷桃), Tu Song Yan (涂松岩), and Tong Sheng Hang (韩童生), which premiered April 2015. [17] [18]
In 2016, she directed a drama series called My! Physical Education Teacher, (我的！体育老师). [19] Which tells a story of a young women falling in love with a middle age teacher that already have a teenager girl and young boy. [20] Later on, she won the Best New Director Award at the 14th China-US Television Festival Golden Angel Awards for this drama. [2] In July 7, she was able to premier an emotional drama called Hello, Joann (你好乔安),☃☃ adapted from the novel (乔安女王). [21] After all that, she directed a film comedy featuring actress Huang Ting Ting (黄婷婷) and Li Yi Tong (李艺彤) called (那时,可爱的她们). [22]
Lin Yan in 2017 started the production of the drama Good Everyday (不婚女), [23] starring with Tong Li Ya (佟丽娅) and Zhang Liang (张亮). [24] [25] In 2018, the business style drama (南方有乔木), (Nan fang you qiao mu) broadcast. The drama was adapted from the novel of the same name by "小狐濡尾的同名". It is set in the drone industry and tells the story of Nan Qiao, a cold and homely girl from a wealthy family, and Shi Yue, a man with a mysterious background. [26] In the same year, Lin Yan won the first "Top Ten Young TV Drama Directors in China" award. [3]
In 2019, she directed a young romantic drama called Crocodile and the Plover Bird (鳄鱼与牙签鸟) featuring Zhang Tian'ai (张天爱), Chen Bolin (陈柏霖), and Huang Yilin (黄一琳). [27]
In 2020, Lin Yan broadcast drama series featuring Song Yi Ren (宋伊人) and Aaron Deng (邓超元) on Youku video streaming site called Professional Single (我凭本事单身). [28] [29] [30] [31]
In 2021, an urban drama called Good Every Day (明天我们好好过) [32] that was adapted from a novel that 自由极光 wrote. Featuring Wang Gongliang (王宫良), Xu Fangyi (许芳铱), Tong Liya (佟丽娅), Zhang Liang (张亮) and Chen Hao (陈昊). [33] [34]
In 2022, Lin Yan urban emotional drama featuring Yang Mi (杨幂), and Xu Kai (许凯) called She and Her Perfect Husband (爱的二八定律) was broadcast on Youku video streaming site. [35] [36] [37] [38]
In 2023, her Take Us Home (龙城), was broadcast on CCTV in drama with leading roles actors and actress Ma Yili (马伊琍), and Bai Yu (白宇). [39] [40] [41]
On 2024 February 14, she directed a drama adapted from a novel called《她和她的群岛》that was broadcast on CCTV and at the same time Tecent video called The Islands (烟火人家) with the lead actresses' Xu Fan (徐帆), and Ma Si Chun (马思纯). [42]
