Quentin Tarantino

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

126

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

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious Basterds

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Pulp Fiction

    Pulp Fiction

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Django Unchained

    Django Unchained

  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

  • Lip Sync Battle

    Lip Sync Battle

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • Duck Dodgers

    Duck Dodgers

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • The Jay Leno Show

    The Jay Leno Show

  • The Hateful Eight

    The Hateful Eight

  • Reservoir Dogs

    Reservoir Dogs

  • Planet Terror

    Planet Terror

  • Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown

  • Death Proof

    Death Proof

  • From Dusk Till Dawn

    From Dusk Till Dawn

  • Desperado

    Desperado

  • Little Nicky

    Little Nicky

  • Diary of the Dead

    Diary of the Dead

  • Eli Roth's History of Horror

    Eli Roth's History of Horror

  • The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'

    The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'

  • Number One on the Call Sheet

    Number One on the Call Sheet

  • Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

    Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

  • Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

    Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

  • Alias

    Alias

  • Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

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

    12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

  • The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1'

    The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1'

  • Pulp Fiction: The Facts

    Pulp Fiction: The Facts

  • Full Tilt Boogie

    Full Tilt Boogie

  • Emigratis

    Emigratis

  • You Talkin' to Me?

    You Talkin' to Me?

  • Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

    Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

  • QT8: The First Eight

    QT8: The First Eight

  • Sly

    Sly

  • Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

    Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

  • Halftime

    Halftime

  • All-American Girl

    All-American Girl

  • When We Went MAD!

    When We Went MAD!

  • BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

  • Michael Cimino, God Bless America

    Michael Cimino, God Bless America

  • Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

    Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

  • Iconoclasts

    Iconoclasts

  • I Tarantiniani

    I Tarantiniani

  • Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

    Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

  • What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

    What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

  • American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

    American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

  • The Coriolis Effect

    The Coriolis Effect

  • Why Are We Creative?

    Why Are We Creative?

  • Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

    Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • Grindhouse

    Grindhouse

  • Curdled

    Curdled

  • Eddie Presley

    Eddie Presley

  • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

    The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

  • Four Rooms

    Four Rooms

  • Sukiyaki Western Django

    Sukiyaki Western Django

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

    Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

  • She's Funny That Way

    She's Funny That Way

  • The Entertainment Biz

    The Entertainment Biz

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

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

  • Ennio

    Ennio

  • Not Quite Hollywood

    Not Quite Hollywood

  • All the Love You Cannes!

    All the Love You Cannes!

  • Kisses in the Dark

    Kisses in the Dark

  • The Director's Chair

    The Director's Chair

  • Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

    Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

  • POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

    POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

  • Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

    Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

  • John Travolta: The Inside Story

    John Travolta: The Inside Story

  • Tarantino's Mind

    Tarantino's Mind

  • John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

    John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

    The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

  • Double Dare

    Double Dare

  • Celluloid Horror

    Celluloid Horror

  • Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

    Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

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

    Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

  • Shoot to Live

    Shoot to Live

  • Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

    Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

  • We Are Cinema

    We Are Cinema

  • God Said, 'Ha!'

    God Said, 'Ha!'

  • The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

  • Friedkin Uncut

    Friedkin Uncut

  • Untraditional

    Untraditional

  • My Best Friend's Birthday

    My Best Friend's Birthday

  • Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

    Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

  • Destiny Turns on the Radio

    Destiny Turns on the Radio

  • Sleep with Me

    Sleep with Me

  • 50 Films to See Before You Die

    50 Films to See Before You Die

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

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • The Moviemakers: Tarantino

    The Moviemakers: Tarantino

  • Somebody to Love

    Somebody to Love

  • Vegetables

    Vegetables

  • Nightmare Factory

    Nightmare Factory

  • Plankton Salesmen

    Plankton Salesmen

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • A Love Letter To Making Movies

    A Love Letter To Making Movies

  • Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

    Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

  • The Artist's Adventures

    The Artist's Adventures

  • Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview

    Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview

  • Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    Mario Bava: Operazione paura

  • Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

    Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

  • Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures

    Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures

  • Girl 6

    Girl 6

  • Scream Awards

    Scream Awards

  • Reservoir Dogs

    Reservoir Dogs

  • Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

  • The Great Buster: A Celebration

    The Great Buster: A Celebration

  • The Legend of the Palme d'Or

    The Legend of the Palme d'Or

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

    A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson

  • ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited

    ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Revisited

  • Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

    Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema