Terrence Malick

Director Terrence Malick of 20th Century Fox's The Thin Red Line - 1999

Biography

Born 11/30/1943

Director Terrence Malick was one of the most meticulous, original and enigmatic American filmmakers to emerge in the vaunted 1970s. Unlike other equally gifted directors who came of age during that time – Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg – Malick’s source of inspiration...
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Awards

  • In 2000, received American Film Institute Franklin J Schaffner Alumni Medal
  • In 1999, received Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear
  • In 1998, received Chicago Film Critics Award for Best Director

Highlights

  • In 2005, Helmed the the pre-colonial epic "The New World," a revisionist take on the story of Pocahontas and John Smith, starring Colin Farrell
  • In 1998, Wrote and directed first film in twenty years, "The Thin Red Line"
  • In 1976, Wrote and directed "Days of Heaven"; spent two years editing film which was released in 1978

Family & Companions

  • Michie Gleason: together in the late 1970s
  • Michele Morette: wife (second wife; French; met c. 1980 in Paris; married in 1988; divorced in 1998)
  • Alexandra Wallace: wife (third wife; has three children from a previous relationship; married c. 1998; credited with continuity on "The Thin Red Line" )

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