Quentin Tarantino

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

128

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-03-27 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Quentin Tarantino

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Quentin Tarantino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Pulp Fiction

    Pulp Fiction

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious Basterds

  • Django Unchained

    Django Unchained

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Lip Sync Battle

    Lip Sync Battle

  • The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge

    The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Reservoir Dogs

    Reservoir Dogs

  • The Hateful Eight

    The Hateful Eight

  • Duck Dodgers

    Duck Dodgers

  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

    The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film

    One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film

  • From Dusk Till Dawn

    From Dusk Till Dawn

  • Little Nicky

    Little Nicky

  • Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

    Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

  • The Jay Leno Show

    The Jay Leno Show

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • Eli Roth's History of Horror

    Eli Roth's History of Horror

  • Desperado

    Desperado

  • Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown

  • Halftime

    Halftime

  • Death Proof

    Death Proof

  • Planet Terror

    Planet Terror

  • Four Rooms

    Four Rooms

  • Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

  • Curdled

    Curdled

  • Emigratis

    Emigratis

  • Alias

    Alias

  • Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

    Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

  • BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

  • Number One on the Call Sheet

    Number One on the Call Sheet

  • Grindhouse

    Grindhouse

  • QT8: The First Eight

    QT8: The First Eight

  • Girl 6

    Girl 6

  • I Tarantiniani

    I Tarantiniani

  • Plankton Salesmen

    Plankton Salesmen

  • POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

    POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

  • All-American Girl

    All-American Girl

  • Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

  • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

    The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

  • Double Dare

    Double Dare

  • Nightmare Factory

    Nightmare Factory

  • John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

    John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

  • Sly

    Sly

  • The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'

    The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'

  • Ennio

    Ennio

  • Iconoclasts

    Iconoclasts

  • Celluloid Horror

    Celluloid Horror

  • She's Funny That Way

    She's Funny That Way

  • What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

    What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

  • Diary of the Dead

    Diary of the Dead

  • Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

    Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

  • Sukiyaki Western Django

    Sukiyaki Western Django

  • Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

    Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

  • When We Went MAD!

    When We Went MAD!

  • Why Are We Creative?

    Why Are We Creative?

  • Friedkin Uncut

    Friedkin Uncut

  • You Talkin' to Me?

    You Talkin' to Me?

  • Michael Cimino, God Bless America

    Michael Cimino, God Bless America

  • The Entertainment Biz

    The Entertainment Biz

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

    Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

  • Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • Sleep with Me

    Sleep with Me

  • Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

    Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

  • Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

    Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

  • Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

    Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

  • Full Tilt Boogie

    Full Tilt Boogie

  • Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

    Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

  • Somebody to Love

    Somebody to Love

  • The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1'

    The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1'

  • 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

    12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

  • Only What We Carry

    Only What We Carry

  • Kisses in the Dark

    Kisses in the Dark

  • The Director's Chair

    The Director's Chair

  • All the Love You Cannes!

    All the Love You Cannes!

  • The Coriolis Effect

    The Coriolis Effect

  • Destiny Turns on the Radio

    Destiny Turns on the Radio

  • Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

    Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

  • American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

    American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

  • Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

    Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

  • Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

    Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

  • We Are Cinema

    We Are Cinema

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

    Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

  • God Said, 'Ha!'

    God Said, 'Ha!'

  • Not Quite Hollywood

    Not Quite Hollywood

  • Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

    Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

  • Pulp Fiction: The Facts

    Pulp Fiction: The Facts

  • The Alex Leyba Movie II

    The Alex Leyba Movie II

  • Shoot to Live

    Shoot to Live

  • Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

    Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

  • The Artist's Adventures

    The Artist's Adventures

  • Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

    Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

  • The Legend of the Palme d'Or

    The Legend of the Palme d'Or

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    Mario Bava: Operazione paura

  • Untraditional

    Untraditional

  • The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

  • John Travolta: The Inside Story

    John Travolta: The Inside Story

  • Scream Awards

    Scream Awards

  • Eddie Presley

    Eddie Presley

  • A Love Letter To Making Movies

    A Love Letter To Making Movies

  • Reservoir Dogs

    Reservoir Dogs

  • 50 Films to See Before You Die

    50 Films to See Before You Die

  • The Great Buster: A Celebration

    The Great Buster: A Celebration

  • The Moviemakers: Tarantino

    The Moviemakers: Tarantino

  • A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson

    A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson

  • Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview

    Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview

  • Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

    Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

  • ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited

    ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited

  • Sundance 20

    Sundance 20

  • Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures

    Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures

  • Vegetables

    Vegetables