Terrence Malick filmography

Terrence Malick is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Throughout his career, which has spanned over four decades, he has directed nine feature films and one documentary. He has also written scripts for other directors, and since the 1990s has acted as producer and executive producer on numerous projects.

Filmography

Feature films

As director

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes Ref.
1973 Badlands Yes Yes Yes [1]
1978 Days of Heaven Yes Yes No [2]
1998 The Thin Red Line Yes Yes No Based on the novel by James Jones [3]
2005 The New World Yes Yes No [4]
2011 The Tree of Life Yes Yes No [5]
2012 To the Wonder Yes Yes No [6]
2015 Knight of Cups Yes Yes No [7]
2016 Voyage of Time Yes Yes No Documentary film [8]
2017 Song to Song Yes Yes No [9]
2019 A Hidden Life Yes Yes No [10]
TBA The Way of the Wind Yes Yes No Upcoming [11]

As writer

Year Title Writer Producer Notes Ref.
1971 Dirty Harry Uncredited No Early draft later used for Magnum Force [12]
Drive, He Said Uncredited No Script revisions [12]
1972 Deadhead Miles Yes No [13]
Lady Ice Uncredited No [14]
Pocket Money Yes No Based on Jim Kane by J.P.S. Brown [13]
1974 The Gravy Train Yes No Credited as David Whitney; co-written with Bill Kerby [15]
2002 Bear's Kiss Uncredited No Original story [16]
2004 The Beautiful Country Story Yes Credited as Lingard Jervey; story co-written with Sabina Murray
Undertow Story Yes Credited as Lingard Jervey

Executive producer

Producer

Short films

Year Title Director Writer Notes Ref.
1969 Lanton Mills Yes Yes Student short film
Also music composer
[17]
2018 Together Yes No VR experience

Acting roles

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1969 Lanton Mills Tilman [17]
1972 Pocket Money Workman Uncredited [18]
1973 Badlands Caller at Rich Man's House Uncredited [19]
1978 Days of Heaven Worker Uncredited

See also

References

  1. ^ "Malick's Impressive 'Badlands' Screened at Festival". The New York Times. October 15, 1973. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "Days of Heaven". Turner Classic Movies.
  3. ^ Biskind, Peter (August 1999). "The Runaway Genius". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  4. ^ David Sterritt (July 2006). "Film, Philosophy and Terrence Malick". Undercurrents. FIPRESCI. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  5. ^ Skiba, Justin (May 16, 2019). "Eight years ago today: The Tree of Life premieres at Cannes (May 16, 2011)". Two Ways Through Life - The Tree of Life (2011) Film Enthusiast. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  6. ^ Sneider, Jeff (August 12, 2010). "Exclusive: Ben Affleck, Rachel Weisz Join Terrence Malick's Next Movie". The Wrap. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  7. ^ Smith, Nigel M (February 8, 2015). "Berlin: Christian Bale and Natalie Portman on Making 'Knight of Cups' With Terrence Malick". Indiewire. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  8. ^ "Terrence Malick's 'Voyage Of Time' Will Push The Boundaries Of Documentary Form | Tribeca". Tribeca. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  9. ^ Jagernauth, Kevin (March 11, 2017). "Watch: 30-Minute 'Song To Song' Talk With Terrence Malick, Says First Cut Was 8 Hours". ThePlaylist.net. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  10. ^ Pacatte, Rose (May 20, 2019). "Terrence Malick's new film about Franz Jägerstätter premieres at Cannes". National Catholic Reporter. Cannes, France: The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  11. ^ Newman, Nick (November 20, 2020). "Terrence Malick's The Last Planet Gets New Title". thefilmstage.com.
  12. ^ a b Nordine, Michael (May 12, 2013). "Hollywood Bigfoot: Terrence Malick and the Twenty-Year Hiatus That Wasn't". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  13. ^ a b "Focus on Terrence Malick: The Early Works" by Sean Gandert, Paste, 8 June 2011 accessed 27 March 2013
  14. ^ Maher, Paul A. (February 4, 2024). All Things Shining: An Oral History of the Films of Terrence Malick. ASIN B0CV6TSR5B. ISBN 979-8869168733.
  15. ^ Sayre, Nora (June 17, 1974). "MOVIE REVIEW Gravy Train (1974) Screen: 'Gravy Train,' American Style--Almost". The New York Times.
  16. ^ "Sergei Bodrov - director of Bear's kiss". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  17. ^ a b Schwartzman, Theresa. "Can Terry Malick Tell a Joke?". Rohstoff Filmmagazin. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  18. ^ Couzens, Gary (January 7, 2007). "The Paul Newman Collection: Pocket Money". thedigitalfix.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  19. ^ Heron, Ambrose (August 14, 2010). "Terence Malick's cameo in Badlands". filmdetail.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.