---
name: "Donald De Line"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-de-line"
fi1m_id: "donald-de-line"
imdb_id: "nm0209773"
tmdb_id: 58470
wikidata_id: "Q5294236"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T20:43:39.996237+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Donald De Line

## Identity

Donald De Line

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donald-de-line
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donald-de-line
- **IMDb ID:** nm0209773
- **TMDB ID:** 58470
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5294236
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_De_Line, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5294236, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209773/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58470

Producer. Born 1 January 1970 in La Jolla.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1970, La Jolla
- **Active:** 1994–2018
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2010s 60 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_De_Line, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5294236, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209773/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58470

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Ready Player One*](https://film.one/film/ready-player-one.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Donald De Line is an American film producer. He began his career as a studio executive at Walt Disney Productions and its Touchstone Pictures division in 1985, later serving as vice-president of production and executive vice-president at Touchstone. He subsequently held senior roles at Paramount Pictures, including as president and vice chairman, before establishing his own production company, De Line Pictures, in 1998.

De Line has produced several feature films, including *The Italian Job* (2003), *Body of Lies* (2008), *I Love You, Man* (2009), *Pain & Gain* (2013), *Going in Style* (2017) and *Ready Player One* (2018). He has also served as executive producer on projects such as *Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole* (2010) and television series including *Wayward Pines*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tft.ucla.edu.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ready Player One* (2018), Fi1m 60, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ready-player-one.md)
- *Ed Wood* (1994), Fi1m 84, Executive In Charge Of Production — [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jenni* (2024), Producer
- *Little Wing* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Beautiful Disaster* (2023), Producer
- *Don't Make Me Go* (2022), Producer
- *Billy the Kid* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Ready Player One* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/ready-player-one.md)
- *Going in Style* (2017), Producer
- *Wayward Pines* (2015), series, Executive Producer
- *Pain & Gain* (2013), Producer
- *Green Lantern* (2011), Producer
- *Green Lantern: Emerald Knights* (2011), Producer
- *Yogi Bear* (2010), Producer
- *Burlesque* (2010), Producer
- *Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Observe and Report* (2009), Producer
- *I Love You, Man* (2009), Producer
- *Body of Lies* (2008), Producer
- *Fool's Gold* (2008), Producer
- *Without a Paddle* (2004), Producer
- *The Stepford Wives* (2004), Producer
- *The Italian Job* (2003), Producer
- *Domestic Disturbance* (2001), Producer
- *The Preacher's Wife* (1996), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Ed Wood* (1994), Executive In Charge Of Production — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)
- *The Phantom Tollbooth*, Producer
- *The Magnificent Seven*, series, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![レディ・プレイヤー1 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット ドナルド・デ・ライン (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/402981/gallery-98708fa83f2f.jpg) レディ・プレイヤー1 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット ドナルド・デ・ライン (2018) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Ready_Player_One_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Donald_De_Line_%2826737105667%29.jpg/1280px-Ready_Player_One_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Donald_De_Line_%2826737105667%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![レディ・プレイヤー1 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット ドナルド・デ・ライン (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/402981/gallery-2a5ea9a077f7.jpg) レディ・プレイヤー1 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット ドナルド・デ・ライン (2018) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Ready_Player_One_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Donald_De_Line_%2826737106687%29.jpg/1280px-Ready_Player_One_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Donald_De_Line_%2826737106687%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![レディ・プレイヤー1 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット ドナルド・デ・ライン (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/402981/gallery-b1d41e2cce02.jpg) レディ・プレイヤー1 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット ドナルド・デ・ライン (2018) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Ready_Player_One_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Donald_De_Line_%2840894083124%29.jpg/1280px-Ready_Player_One_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Donald_De_Line_%2840894083124%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Donald De Line](https://film.one/media/person/402981/gallery-af5a11d1a4d1.jpg) Donald De Line — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Donald_De_Line_2015.jpg/1280px-Donald_De_Line_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Donald De Line speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "Wayward Pines", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore i](https://film.one/media/person/402981/gallery-1d42a51bb9bd.jpg) Donald De Line speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "Wayward Pines", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore i — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Donald_De_Line_%2817050182651%29.jpg/1280px-Donald_De_Line_%2817050182651%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Donald De Line speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "Wayward Pines", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore i](https://film.one/media/person/402981/gallery-82137c88e0cd.jpg) Donald De Line speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "Wayward Pines", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore i — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Donald_De_Line_%2817051023455%29.jpg/1280px-Donald_De_Line_%2817051023455%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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