Terrence Malick is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Throughout his career, which has spanned over four decades, he has received prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, and Venice International Film Festival as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Cesar Award, and a Directors Guild of America Award.
Malick was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for the epic war film The Thin Red Line (1998) and the experimental coming-of-age film The Tree of Life (2011). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the former. He received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for the romantic period drama Days of Heaven (1978).
At the Berlin International Film Festival he won the Golden Bear for The Thin Red Line (1998). At the Cannes Film Festival he won the Palme d'Or for The Tree of Life (2011) and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director for Days of Heaven in 1979. He was nominated for the César Award for Best Foreign Film for Days of Heaven and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for The Thin Red Line. He won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director twice for Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1998 Best Adapted Screenplay The Thin Red Line Best Director 2011 The Tree of Life
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1979 Best Director Days of Heaven
Film festival awards Berlin Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1999 Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"The Thin Red Line Golden Bear 2016Knight of Cups
Cannes Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1979 Best Director Days of Heaven Palme d'Or 2011 The Tree of Life 2019A Hidden Life François Chalais PrizePrize of the Ecumenical Jury
Venice Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2012 SIGNIS Award To the Wonder Golden Lion 2016 Voyage of Time Green Drop Award Future Film Festival Digital Award - Special Mention
Miscellaneous awards Year Category Nominated work Result César Awards 1999 Best Foreign Film The Thin Red Line Chicago Film Critics Association 1998Best Director The Thin Red Line 2011 The Tree of Life Best Original Screenplay Directors Guild of America Awards 1999 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film The Thin Red Line National Society of Film Critics 1979Best Director Days of Heaven 1999 The Thin Red Line 2012 The Tree of Life New York Film Critics Circle 1978Best Director Days of Heaven 1998 The Thin Red Line 2005 The New World Writers Guild of America Awards 1979 Best Original Screenplay Days of Heaven
Awards received by Malick movies Year Film Academy Awards BAFTA Awards Golden Globe Awards Nominations Wins Nominations Wins Nominations Wins1973Badlands11978Days of Heaven411121998The Thin Red Line72005The New World12011The Tree of Life3Total1512120
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