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.
Filmography
Quentin Tarantino's best-known films, from newest to oldest.
- 2026THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTHScreenplay
- 2025The Lost Chapter: Yuki's RevengeDirector · Screenplay
- 2019Once Upon a Time... in HollywoodDirector · Screenplay
- 2015The Hateful EightDirector · Screenplay
- 2012Django UnchainedDirector · Screenplay
- 2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairDirector · Screenplay
- 2009Inglourious BasterdsDirector · Screenplay
- 2007Death ProofDirector · Screenplay · Cinematography
- 2007GrindhouseDirector · Screenplay · Cinematography
- 2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2Director · Screenplay
- 2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1Director · Screenplay
- 1997Jackie BrownDirector · Screenplay
- 1996From Dusk Till DawnScreenplay
- 1995Four RoomsDirector · Screenplay
- 1995Dance Me to the End of LoveScreenplay
- 1994Pulp FictionDirector · Screenplay
- 1993True RomanceScreenplay
- 1992Reservoir DogsDirector · Screenplay
- 1991Reservoir DogsDirector · Screenplay · Cinematography · Editing
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