LIN was born 1965 in Yunlin County of Taiwan. In 1989 she became a photojournalist for Commonwealth Magazine and was featured in four photography exhibits. She graduated from CTI College in Photography in Lyon, France in 1993. In 1999 she began traveling to India, documenting the life and work of Tibetan Buddhist Monks. In 2000, she was awarded Taiwan’s Golden Tripod Award for Individual Achievement in Magazine Photography. To date, she has completed the following films: Papa’s Youthful Dream, Buddha’s Sons, The Returners, and My Mother. Her films have been selected in film festivals all around the world, including France, Holland, and Japan.