In 1969, Northwestern University Press published "The Nature of Evidence" for Terrence Malik, which was his translation of Martin Heidegger's work. In the same year, Terrence Malik started filming his first film "Landon Mills" after receiving a master's degree in artistic composition from the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, thus starting his career as a director
. In 1973, directed the love crime film " Badlands " co-starring Martin Sheen , Sissy Spacek and Warren Mercer Oates .
In 1978, filming the romance film " Days of Heaven " co-starred by Richard Tiffany Gere , Brook Adams, Sam Shepard and others . The film was nominated for the Palme d’Or, the main competition unit of the 32nd Cannes International Film Festival, Terrence. Malick won the 32nd Cannes International Film Festival, the main competition unit-Best Director Award
; after that, Terrence Malick moved to live in France, and ceased his career as a director
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In 1998, Terrence Malick officially announced his comeback after 20 years, and filmed the action war film " The Thin Red Line " based on the novel of the same name by American writer James Jones. The film was co-starred by Sean Justin Penn and Elias Koteas . It tells the story of a war named "Charles Artillery Company" during the Battle of Guadalcanal from 1942 to 1943. It won the main competition unit of the 49th Berlin International Film Festival-the Golden Bear Award, and the 25th French Film Nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the Caesars Award, Terrence Malick was nominated for Best Director at the 71st Academy Awards for the film
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In 2000, he served as the producer of the documentary "The Endurance: Shackleton ". In 2004, he produced the feature film " The Beautiful Country " co-starring Michael Douglas and Bai Ling . The film tells the love and life story of a mixed-race Bin Hu on his way to find his relatives.
In 2005, he wrote and directed the love adventure film " The New World " co-starring Colin Farrell , Christopher Plummer , and Q'Orianka Kilcher . Terrence Malick had already completed the script of this movie in the late 1970s. The film described The love story between John Smith of Jamestown and Pocahontas
. In 2006, he was the producer of the biographical romance " Amazing Grace ", which was co-starred by Ioan Gruffudd , Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch , and Romola Garai .
In 2011, directed the feature film " The Tree of Life " with families in the Midwestern United States as the background. The film was starred by Brad Pitt , Sean Justin Penn and Jessica Michelle Chastain , and won the main competition unit of the 64th Cannes Film Festival-Gold Palm Award
. In 2012, he wrote and directed the romance film " To the Wonder " co-starring Rachel McAdams , Ben Affleck and Olga Kurylenko . The film was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 69th Venice Film Festival
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In 2014, he served as the producer of the biopic " The Better Angels ", which mainly took place during Lincoln's "quasi-presidential period" from when he was a teenager to when he took over the presidency
. In 2015, directed the romance film " Knight of Cups " co-starring Christian Charles Philip Bale and Natalie Hershlag . The film tells the story of sexual addiction and betrayal. It was nominated for the 65th Berlin International Film Festival-Golden Bear Award
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In 2016, directed the documentary " Voyage of Time " co-starring Brad Pitt and Catherine Elise Blanchett . This film is a continuation of the part that Terrence Malick did not explore in "The Tree of Life", telling the story from the birth of the universe to The process of final demise, everything that happened in the long Voyage of Time, was nominated for the Golden Lion Award-Best Picture at the 73rd Venice Film Festival
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In 2017, I wrote and directed the music film " Song to Song " with the music festival in Austin, Texas as the background . The film was co-starred by Opie , Rooney Mara and others. It tells the story of sexual addiction and betrayal.
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