Annie Lin is a music supervisor and media professional who specializes in licensing, copyright clearance and rights negotiation for film, television, advertising and online media.
As the Director of Creative Licensing at The Orchard, she was instrumental in building, launching and leading the company's synchronization licensing unit. She has placed music in numerous films, television shows, advertisements and web productions. Annie is also credited for work in music supervision and licensing on films including Half-Life (Fade To Blue Productions), Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) and Down The Barrel (ESPN Original Entertainment).
Her experience also includes work with Cherry Lane Music Publishing, Citysearch and the Texas civil courts. Before her career as a music professional, she spent several years on the road as a performing singer-songwriter and self-released three albums. She is currently the Director of Licensing at The Rights Workshop.
Annie studied intellectual property and entertainment law, and holds a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. She also earned a B.A. in English from Rice University.
- Producer’s Guild of America/HBO Music Licensing Panel – Speaker (2008)
- Women In Music/BMI Industry Roundtable – Speaker (2008)
- Independent Music Awards – Juror (2008)
- MIDEM – Participant (2007-08)
- Asian-American Film Lab Music Rights Seminar – Lecturer (2007)
- CMJ Music in Television Panel – Moderator (2006)
- New York Television Festival Producer’s Panel – Speaker (2006)
- DIY Festival Music Licensing Panel – Speaker (2006)
- SXSW Interactive Future of Music Panel – Speaker (2004)
- Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law Baker Botts Award – Outstanding paper in the field of intellectual property law (same paper on fair use selected for publication by the Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal, 2006).