Terrence Malick
Birth Name: Terrence Frederick Malick
Place of Birth: Ottawa, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 30, 1943
Ethnicity:
*Assyrian-Lebanese (father)
*English (mother)
Terrence Malick is an Oscar-nominated American director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for his films Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, and The Tree of Life.
Terrence was born in Ottawa, Illinois and raised in Waco, Texas and Oklahoma. He is the son of Irene (Thompson) and Emil Malick, a geologist. His paternal grandparents were Assyrian Christian emigrants, from Lebanon, Syria, and/or Urmia, Iran. He attended St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Austin, Texas, while his family lived in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Terrence is married to Alexandra Wallace.
Terrence’s paternal grandfather was named Avimelk Malick.
Terrence’s paternal grandmother was named Nanajan.
Terrence’s maternal grandfather was named John Thompson.
Terrence’s maternal grandmother was named Katherine.
Four biographies by credible authors have been written about Terrence Malick. All four of them say his father is of Lebanese descent. Two of them say that he is ALSO of Assyrian descent.
https://books.google.se/books?id=jSNCB6yCJPoC&pg=PA14&dq=terrence+malik+lebanese&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_g4ek7o_wAhUtl4sKHZNtBH4Q6AEwAHoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=terrence%20malik%20lebanese&f=false
https://books.google.se/books?id=nEa_33WQkDkC&pg=PT13&dq=terrence+malik+lebanese&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_g4ek7o_wAhUtl4sKHZNtBH4Q6AEwAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=terrence%20malik%20lebanese&f=false
https://books.google.se/books?id=JMVeCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT68&dq=terrence+malik+lebanese&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_g4ek7o_wAhUtl4sKHZNtBH4Q6AEwAnoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=terrence%20malik%20lebanese&f=false
https://books.google.se/books?id=_m7cDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA193&dq=terrence+malik+assyrian&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRwueQ7o_wAhVKEncKHUYPDck4ChDoATAAegQIBBAC#v=onepage&q=terrence%20malik%20assyrian&f=false
So if we go by the sources of his biographers, who should know a fair bit about him and a lot more about him than we do, they all say he is of Lebanese descent. Yet, you are labeling him as Assyrian only.
You should label him as Lebanese as well as per his biographers unless you have a superior source that disproves this.
You can offer corrections without being rude and ascribing to people you don’t know ill intent on their part. A lot of the time, these profiles are entered and are left for months/years without comment.
I’m not sure why your tone is always so nasty and accusatory, but you need to save it.
I can be blunt and straightforward and yes that can come off as rude but it comes from disappointment and anger of seeing so many inaccuracies on those of Lebanese descent all over the internet.
On the same token how about also praise the information I have provided here for free which takes a lot of time and energy to compile
@oaken
I think he is a smart user which provides many sources for his claims, not rude.
It’s rudeness.
Ethnic, is there a picture, please?
no sorry
I believe his grandparents were from Lebanon, not Syria.
Assyrians are the indigenous people of Northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Syria and parts of Lebanon (though it’s likely they immigrated there).
His father’s side is NOT ethnic Lebanese. He is ethnic Assyrian.
Assyrians are not native to Lebanon which is Levant, they are native to Iraq/Mesopotamia.