# List of awards and nominations received by Terrence Malick

Terrence Malick is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Throughout his career, which has spanned over four decades, he has received prizes from 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.
Malick was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for the epic war film The Thin Red Line (1998) and the experimental coming-of-age film The Tree of Life (2011). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the former. He received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for the romantic period drama Days of Heaven (1978).
At the Berlin International Film Festival he won the Golden Bear for The Thin Red Line (1998). At the Cannes Film Festival he won the Palme d'Or for The Tree of Life (2011) and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director for Days of Heaven (1979). He was nominated for the César Award for Best Foreign Film for Days of Heaven and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for The Thin Red Line. He won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director twice for Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1998 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Thin Red Line | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Director | The Thin Red Line | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Director | The Tree of Life | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1979 | Best Director | Days of Heaven | Nominated | |

## Film festival awards
### Berlin Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" | The Thin Red Line | Nominated |
| 1999 | Golden Bear | The Thin Red Line | Won |
| 2016 | Golden Bear | Knight of Cups | Nominated |

### Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1979 | Best Director | Days of Heaven | Won |
| 1979 | Palme d'Or | Days of Heaven | Nominated |
| 2011 | Palme d'Or | The Tree of Life | Won |
| 2019 | Palme d'Or | A Hidden Life | Nominated |
| 2019 | François Chalais Prize | A Hidden Life | Won |
| 2019 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | A Hidden Life | Won |

### Venice Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2012 | SIGNIS Award | To the Wonder | Won |
| 2012 | Golden Lion | To the Wonder | Nominated |
| 2016 | Golden Lion | Voyage of Time | Nominated |
| 2016 | Green Drop Award | Voyage of Time | Won |
| 2016 | Future Film Festival Digital Award - Special Mention | Voyage of Time | Won |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| César Awards |||||
| 1999 | Best Foreign Film | The Thin Red Line | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association |||||
| 1998 | Best Director | The Thin Red Line | Won |
| 2011 | Best Director | The Tree of Life | Won |
| 2011 | Best Original Screenplay | The Tree of Life | Nominated |
| Directors Guild of America Awards |||||
| 1999 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | The Thin Red Line | Nominated |
| National Society of Film Critics |||||
| 1979 | Best Director | Days of Heaven | Won |
| 1999 | Best Director | The Thin Red Line | 2nd Place |
| 2012 | Best Director | The Tree of Life | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle |||||
| 1978 | Best Director | Days of Heaven | Won |
| 1998 | Best Director | The Thin Red Line | Won |
| 2005 | Best Director | The New World | 4th Place |
| Writers Guild of America Awards |||||
| 1979 | Best Original Screenplay | Days of Heaven | Nominated |

## Awards received by Malick movies

| Year | Film | Academy Awards | Academy Awards | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Awards | Golden Globe Awards | Golden Globe Awards |
| Year | Film | Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins |
| 1973 | Badlands | | | 1 | | | |
| 1978 | Days of Heaven | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | 7 | | | | | |
| 2005 | The New World | 1 | | | | | |
| 2011 | The Tree of Life | 3 | | | | | |
| Total | Total | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |