FILM DIRECTOR

Terrence Malick

1943 - Today

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Terrence Frederick Malick (; born November 30, 1943) is an American filmmaker. Malick began his career as part of the New Hollywood generation of filmmakers and received 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. He made his feature film debut with the crime drama Badlands (1973), followed by the romantic period drama Days of Heaven (1978) which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terrence Malick has received more than 5,640,506 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Terrence Malick is the 111th most popular film director (down from 100th in 2019), the 761st most popular biography from United States (down from 659th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Film Director.

Terrence Malick is a director, producer, and screenwriter who is most famous for his films "Badlands," "Days of Heaven," "The Thin Red Line," "The Tree of Life," and "To the Wonder."

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  • 5.6M

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  • 69.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Terrence Malick ranks 111 out of 2,041. Before him are Mel Brooks, Joris Ivens, John Carpenter, Robert Altman, David Fincher, and John Huston. After him are Kenji Mizoguchi, Otar Iosseliani, Manoel de Oliveira, Jules Dassin, Peter Jackson, and Jerzy Grotowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Terrence Malick ranks 54. Before him are Michael Mann, Klaus von Klitzing, Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Billie Jean King, Pervez Musharraf, and Andreas Baader. After him are Peter Zumthor, Mohammed Badie, Betty Williams, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Jean-Claude Killy, and Ralph M. Steinman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terrence Malick ranks 761 out of 20,380. Before him are H. H. Holmes (1861), Steven Weinberg (1933), John Huston (1906), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), Randy Quaid (1950), and Tommy Hilfiger (1951). After him are Rick Rubin (1963), Buddy Holly (1936), James Woods (1947), Roy Scheider (1932), Jack Vance (1916), and William T. G. Morton (1819).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Terrence Malick ranks 30. Before him are Walter Hill (1942), Mel Brooks (1926), John Carpenter (1948), Robert Altman (1925), David Fincher (1962), and John Huston (1906). After him are Jules Dassin (1911), Howard Hawks (1896), Victor Fleming (1889), Wes Craven (1939), William Hanna (1910), and George A. Romero (1940).

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