BIOGRAPHY
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 Directors selected for Issa Rae's Project Greenlight, and a mentee for Ryan Murphy's HALF Initiative Director Shadowing Program where she received extensive mentorship from Steven Canals, the 3-time Emmy-nominated Co-creator, Showrunner, and Writer/Director of FX's groundbreaking drama series Pose. Lin Que was also selected to be a Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow as a co-writer for the feature film Ricky. Ricky had its World Premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Lin Que's films grapple with the tension between humanity’s beauty and its horror. She utilizes storytelling to cultivate her artistic boldness with the hope that her creative authenticity can touch and awaken the authenticity in others.
CRACKED
It's the end of the summer of 1985 in Queens, New York City. Toya, a feisty young girl, falls in love for the first time. After a series of disturbing events, Toya is compelled to face her traumatic past.
CAST
Toya
Poochy
Michael
Leddy
Keith
Theresa
Anita
Vicky
Sister Loretta
Junior
Paul
Ernest
Rita
Linda
Charles
Crackhead
Tatum Marilyn Hall
Meliki Hurd
Dwayne Grant
Kizzmett Pringle
Paris Crayton III
Simone McCrear
Zonia Edward
Ange Musoni
Bonnie Schneider
Kamal Ani-Bello
Avondre Beverley
Zaydin Gordon
Destinee Mikayla Henry
Ka’Ress Pringle-Wishner
Felix Alexis
Mino Jones
CREW
Writer/Director/Producer
Production Company
Production Fund Grantor
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Editors
Associate Producers
Line Producers
Costume Designer
Casting Directors
Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
1st Assistant Camera
2nd Assistant Camera/DIT
Sound Mixer/Boom Operator
Gaffer
Key Grip
Swing
1980s Era Consultant
Make-Up Artist/Hair Stylists
Stunt Coordinator
Location Scouts
Prop Master
Still Photographer
Production Assistants
Tutor/Child Advocate/ Nun V.O.
Lin Que Ayoung
Illusionary Ends
Spike Lee
Lorena Duran
Christelle Matou
Lin Que Ayoung
Rashad Frett
Katasha Acosta
Jessie Wooten
Christelle Matou
Mahum Jamal
Kristian King
Rodrigo Munoz
Lin Que Ayoung
Katasha Acosta
Shawn Wu
Samantha Godfrey
Kayla Arend
Latifah Todd
Youmin Kang
Esteban Veras
Rashad Frett
Justin Hagerty
Kilima 'Koolout K' Loukaka
Fabiana Graziani
Stacey Stephenson
Steven Ayoung
Lin Que Ayoung
Jessie Wooten
Cole Swanson
Rashad Frett
Michael Allen Harris
Nicky Fraebel
Analise Flores
Emani Morales
Raquel Matos
Pamela Thompson
BUT TOMORROW
On the first day of high school in Manhattan, Crystal's eagerness to make an impression has unwanted repercussions.
CAST
Crystal
Mom
Sandra
Cheryl
Laila Smith
Rene Henry
Dream Period
Legacy Period
CREW
Director
Writer
Executive Producers
Producer
Co-Producer
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Decorator
Assistant Director
1st Assistant Camera
Gaffer
Key Grip
HMU
SFX Makeup
Costume Designer
Sound Mixer/Boom Op
BTS Photographer
VFX
Editor
Music Composer
Lin Que Ayoung
Sallomé Hralima
Bucktown USA
The Gates Preserve
Sallomé Hralima
Lisa "Cynical" Smith
Ashley Mui
Rashad Frett
Ashley Mui
Dana Bunns
Sam Godfrey
Alvin Dollow
Josh Therriault
Arianna Therriault
Diedra "Cookie" Johnson
Raquel Matos-Ayoung
Sincere Armani
Ayo Hooks
Phillip Shung
Mali X
Lin Que Ayoung
Gavin Brivik
FIGMENT
This relaunch of Project Greenlight will focus, under the guidance of Issa Rae as Executive Producer, on the next generation of diverse, up-and-coming talented female filmmakers who are given the chance to direct a feature film.
CAST
Aurora
Isaiah
Calah
Caleb
John
Sakinah Iman Smith
Darnell Rose
Victoria Alcala
Jamie K. Brown
Nick Muhart
CREW
Director
Line Producers
Director of Photography
Assistant Director/Scripty
1st Assistant Camera
Gaffer
Key Grip
Swing
G&E Assistant
Sound Mixer/Boom Op
Production Designer
Costume Designer
Costume Assistant
HMU
Editors
BTS Photographer
Certified Covid Officer
Lin Que Ayoung
Lisa "Cynical" Smith
Sam Motamedi
Sam Godfrey
Liliet Rosa Reyes Oliva
Josh Therriault
Rashad Frett
Jacob Loser
Tyler Gurdon
Ayo Hooks
Aariyan Googe
Yety Akinola
Ellie Saluan
Stacey Stephenson
Lin Que Ayoung
Rashad Frett
Alejandro Medina
Isiah Babilonia
RICKY
Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the first time as an adult.
CAST
Ricky
Joanne
Leslie Torino
James
Jaz
Cheryl
Winsome
Bernetta
Terrence
Officer Manson
Officer Otero
Caine
Red
Stephan James
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Titus Welliver
Maliq Johnson
Imani Lewis
Andrene Ward-Hammond
Simbi Kali
Karen Chilton
Sean Nelson
Mark Manson
Hiram Otero
Parish Bradley
Shanice Marcia
CREW
Director
Co-writers
Producers
Director of Photography
Editor
Music Composer
Production Companies
Rashad Frett
Rashad Frett
Lin Que Ayoung
Rashad Frett
Pierre M. Coleman
Simon TaufiQue
Sterling Brim
Josh Peters
DC Wade
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Sam Motamedi
Daysha Broadway
Simon Taufique
Ossetra Films
Bay Mills Studios
Parliament of Owls
Spark Features
Good Gravy Films
The deNovo Intuitive
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