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Ernest Cline

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Harry Jay Knowles and Ernest Cline in Ain't It Cool with Harry Knowles (2012)
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Ernest Cline is known for Ready Player One (2018), Fanboys (2009) and Armada.
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Ben Mendelsohn, Ernest Cline, and Tye Sheridan at an event for Ready Player One (2018)
Steven Spielberg, Ben Mendelsohn, Zak Penn, Ernest Cline, Lena Waithe, Win Morisaki, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, and Philip Zhao at an event for Ready Player One (2018)
Zak Penn, Aisha Tyler, and Ernest Cline at an event for Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW (2018)
Zak Penn, Aisha Tyler, and Ernest Cline at an event for Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW (2018)
Zak Penn, Aisha Tyler, and Ernest Cline at an event for Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW (2018)
Zak Penn and Ernest Cline at an event for Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW (2018)
Ernest Cline at an event for Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW (2018)
Aisha Tyler and Ernest Cline at an event for Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW (2018)
Steven Spielberg and Ernest Cline at an event for Ready Player One (2018)

Known for

Steven Spielberg, Ben Mendelsohn, George Michael, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Perdita Weeks, Kamara Benjamin Barnett, Mandy June Turpin, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Stephen Mitchell, Neet Mohan, Win Morisaki, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Kae Alexander, Sarah Sharman, Robert Gilbert, Raed Abbas, Letitia Wright, Tye Sheridan, Asan N'Jie, Hannah John-Kamen, Cara Theobold, Olivia Cooke, Alphonso Austin, Amy Clare Beales, Jane Leaney, Kathryn Wilder, and Philip Zhao in Ready Player One (2018)
Ready Player One
7.4
  • Writer
  • 2018
Fanboys (2009)
Fanboys
6.5
  • Writer
  • 2009
Armada
Armada
  • Writer
    Red vs. Blue (2003)
    Red vs. Blue
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Writer(as Ernest 'Ernie' Cline)

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    Writer

    • Steven Spielberg, Ben Mendelsohn, George Michael, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Perdita Weeks, Kamara Benjamin Barnett, Mandy June Turpin, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Stephen Mitchell, Neet Mohan, Win Morisaki, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Kae Alexander, Sarah Sharman, Robert Gilbert, Raed Abbas, Letitia Wright, Tye Sheridan, Asan N'Jie, Hannah John-Kamen, Cara Theobold, Olivia Cooke, Alphonso Austin, Amy Clare Beales, Jane Leaney, Kathryn Wilder, and Philip Zhao in Ready Player One (2018)
      Ready Player One
      • based on the novel by
      • screenplay by
      • 2018
    • Patton Oswalt, Felicia Day, Baron Vaughn, Jonah Ray, and Hampton Yount in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017)
      Mystery Science Theater 3000
      • writer
      • TV Series
      • 2017
    • Red vs. Blue (2003)
      Red vs. Blue
      • written by (as Ernest 'Ernie' Cline)
      • TV Series
      • 2016
    • Fanboys: Deleted Scenes (2009)
      Fanboys: Deleted Scenes
      • screenplay
      • story
      • Video
      • 2009
    • Fanboys (2009)
      Fanboys
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 2009

    Producer

    • Steven Spielberg, Ben Mendelsohn, George Michael, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Perdita Weeks, Kamara Benjamin Barnett, Mandy June Turpin, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Stephen Mitchell, Neet Mohan, Win Morisaki, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Kae Alexander, Sarah Sharman, Robert Gilbert, Raed Abbas, Letitia Wright, Tye Sheridan, Asan N'Jie, Hannah John-Kamen, Cara Theobold, Olivia Cooke, Alphonso Austin, Amy Clare Beales, Jane Leaney, Kathryn Wilder, and Philip Zhao in Ready Player One (2018)
      Ready Player One
      • co-producer
      • 2018
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Videos6

    Highlights From Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW
    Trailer 1:51
    Highlights From Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW
    "Dreamer" Trailer
    Trailer 2:29
    "Dreamer" Trailer
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:08
    Official Trailer
    Festival Trailer
    Trailer 2:32
    Festival Trailer
    Shot-for-Shot Side-by-Side Trailer
    Featurette 2:33
    Shot-for-Shot Side-by-Side Trailer
    'Ready Player One' Screenwriters Geek Out Over Working With Steven Spielberg
    Video 5:03
    'Ready Player One' Screenwriters Geek Out Over Working With Steven Spielberg

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      Cline's all-time favorite video game is Black Tiger, which figures prominently into the plot of Cline's novel Ready Player One.

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