Sheridan made his feature film debut in Terrence Malick 's '' The Tree of Life '' , with Brad Pitt , Jessica Chastain and Sean Penn , after an almost year-long casting search of more than 10,000 children from Texas and Oklahoma . The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival , and went on to be awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or and be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture
2011 Cannes Film Festival
2011 Cannes Film Festival
Tye Sheridan