Terrence Malick

Known for DirectingBorn 1943-11-30 (age 82)Ottawa, Illinois, USA

Terrence Malick (born November 30, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. In a career spanning over five decades, Malick has directed nine feature films. He is known for his singular style that combines loose narrative and editing structure with spiritual themes. Malick made his feature film debut with Badlands (1973), a crime drama loosely inspired by the Starkweather-Fugate murders. He followed it with Days of Heaven (1978), a lyrical period drama about migrant laborers in the Texas Panhandle, which earned widespread acclaim for its cinematography. After this success, Malick took a two-decade hiatus from filmmaking before returning with The Thin Red Line (1998), an ensemble war epic set during the Battle of Guadalcanal, based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best Sound. He continued with The New World (2005), a meditative historical drama depicting the story of Pocahontes and the founding of Jamestown. Malick achieved critical prominence with The Tree of Life (2011), an ambitious family drama that won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and is frequently cited as one of the greatest films of the 21st century. This was followed by a series of more experimental, impressionistic works including To the Wonder (2012), Knight of Cups (2015), and Song to Song (2017), which explored themes of love, faith, and modern alienation through fragmented narrative and visual storytelling. Malick also directed the large-scale documentary Voyage of Time (2016), a cosmic history of the universe released in both IMAX and feature-length versions. He later returned to historical drama with A Hidden Life (2019), about Austrian conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter during World War II. In addition to his feature films, Malick has directed several high-profile commercials, including Mon Guerlain - Notes of a Woman (2017), a short film-style spot for Google Pixel 3 (2018), a nature-focused Ford commercial (2021) and a brand film for Louis Vuitton's USA campaign (2022).Read more

Movies & web series

Everybody’s Everything

Ennio

A Cooler Climate

Good Will Hunting

Lanton Mills

The Thin Red Line

Gone Baby Gone

A Hidden Life

Days of Heaven

Badlands

Almost Holy

Happy Times

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

Amazing Grace

Awaken

Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry

The Tree of Life

Che: Part Two

The Spearhead Effect

The Grey Zone

The New World

Thy Kingdom Come

Voyage of Time: Life's Journey

Red Wing

Endurance

The Better Angels

The Book Of Vision

Towards a Dream in the USA

Leading the Electric Revolution and Sustainability

Filmed on Pixel 3

Mon Guerlain: Notes of a Woman

The Seventh Fire

Undertow

The Unforeseen

The Beautiful Country

To the Wonder

Knight of Cups

Deadhead Miles

Song to Song

HBO First Look

The Vessel

I’m Glad You’re Dead Now

Drive, He Said

Pocket Money

The Dion Brothers

Bear's Kiss

Together