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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS<br />

TERRENCE MALICK (Written and Directed by) was born in Illinois. He grew up in Texas and<br />

Oklahoma. He graduated from Harvard University in 1966, attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar,<br />

worked for LIFE and THE NEW YORKER, and taught philosophy at MIT before going to the American Film<br />

Institute in Los Angeles. He is the director of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE,<br />

THE NEW WORLD, and the upcoming UNTITLED LOVE STORY.<br />

SARAH GREEN (Produced by) is currently producing Terrence Malick’s new UNTITLED LOVE<br />

STORY starring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem. She produced Malick's<br />

epic adventure THE NEW WORLD, released by New Line in 2005, and she is executive producer on TAKE<br />

SHELTER, written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. TAKE<br />

SHELTER is scheduled for a fall 2011 release by Sony Pictures Classics.<br />

Green served as producer on the Academy Award-winning FRIDA, directed by Julie Taymor and<br />

starring Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina, and on DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA NIGHTS, both Miramax<br />

releases. She produced GIRLFIGHT and STATE AND MAIN in 2002. GIRLFIGHT won the Prix de la Jeunesse<br />

at the Cannes Film Festival, shared the Grand Jury Prize and won Best Director for Karyn Kusama at the<br />

Sundance Film Festival, as well as multiple awards for then newcomer Michelle Rodriguez, and STATE AND<br />

MAIN won multiple cast awards for an ensemble that included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sarah Jessica Parker,<br />

Alec Baldwin and Julia Stiles, as well as four screenplay nominations for writer/director David Mamet.<br />

Previously, Green produced Mamet’s THE WINSLOW BOY, THE SPANISH PRISONER,<br />

AMERICAN BUFFALO (directed by Michael Corrente) and OLEANNA. She produced three films for<br />

writer/director John Sayles: THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH, nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards;<br />

PASSION FISH, nominated for two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes and two Independent Spirit Awards<br />

(winning one); and CITY OF HOPE, which won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo Film Festival and the Critics’<br />

Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. She also produced the Emmy Award® winning<br />

American Playhouse production of ANDRE’S MOTHER, which was named Best Television Movie of 1990 by<br />

the National Board of Review.<br />

Green serves on the boards of the Producers Guild of America and the Austin Film Society.<br />

As the founder of River Road Entertainment, BILL POHLAD (Produced by) has been producing<br />

quality films for more than twenty years. His ability to seek out unconventional material and bring it to light has<br />

established him as a producer unafraid to take creative risks. His involvement in groundbreaking films such as<br />

Ang Lee’s Oscar winning epic BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, Robert Altman’s A PRAIRIE HOME<br />

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