Terrence Malick

Terrence Malick (b. 1943, Ottawa, Illinois, USA), despite the fact that he has made only five feature films, is considered a classic of American cinema. His debut Badlands (1973) won the main prize at the San Sebastian IFF; his second film, Days of Heaven (1978), won Best Director at Cannes. After a lengthy interval, he returned with the unconventional war drama The Thin Red Line (1998), which garnered him the main award at the Berlin IFF and also an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. His poetic film The New World (2005) subsequently gave rise to the epic The Tree of Life, which was crowned at Cannes this year. The director, famous for never appearing in public, is currently completing his next film featuring Rachel Weisz, Ben Affleck and Javier Bardem.

46. IFF Karlovy Vary