Quentin Tarantino

Born: 1963-03-27, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Biography

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s he was an independent filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines and aestheticization of violence. His films have earned him a variety of Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Palme d'Or Awards and he has been nominated for Emmy and Grammy Awards. In 2007, Total Film named him the 12th-greatest director of all time. Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Connie McHugh Tarantino Zastoupil, a health care executive and nurse born in Knoxville, and Tony Tarantino, an actor and amateur musician born in Queens, New York. Tarantino's mother allowed him to quit school at age 17, to attend an acting class full time. Tarantino gave up acting while attending the acting school, saying that he admired directors more than actors. Tarantino also worked in a video rental store before becoming a filmmaker, paid close attention to the types of films people liked to rent, and has cited that experience as inspiration for his directorial career.

Filmography

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Django Unchained (2012)
• Django Unchained (2012)
• Inglourious Basterds (2009)
• Inglourious Basterds (2009)
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
• Duck Dodgers (2003)
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
• The Hateful Eight (2015)
• The Hateful Eight (2015)
• Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Alias (2001)
• Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
• Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
• From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
• Desperado (1995)
• Jackie Brown (1997)
• Jackie Brown (1997)
• Planet Terror (2007)
• The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge (2025)
• The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge (2025)
• Little Nicky (2000)
• Four Rooms (1995)
• Four Rooms (1995)
• Grindhouse (2007)