Quentin Tarantino

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

132

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

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Pulp Fiction

    Pulp Fiction

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious Basterds

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • Django Unchained

    Django Unchained

  • Lip Sync Battle

    Lip Sync Battle

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

  • The Jay Leno Show

    The Jay Leno Show

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Duck Dodgers

    Duck Dodgers

  • The Hateful Eight

    The Hateful Eight

  • Reservoir Dogs

    Reservoir Dogs

  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

  • From Dusk Till Dawn

    From Dusk Till Dawn

  • Halftime

    Halftime

  • Number One on the Call Sheet

    Number One on the Call Sheet

  • Curdled

    Curdled

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • Double Dare

    Double Dare

  • I Tarantiniani

    I Tarantiniani

  • Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

    Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

  • Nightmare Factory

    Nightmare Factory

  • Eli Roth's History of Horror

    Eli Roth's History of Horror

  • Girl 6

    Girl 6

  • Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown

  • Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

    Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

  • Death Proof

    Death Proof

  • Desperado

    Desperado

  • Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

  • Alias

    Alias

  • Planet Terror

    Planet Terror

  • Plankton Salesmen

    Plankton Salesmen

  • Shoot to Live

    Shoot to Live

  • Somebody to Love

    Somebody to Love

  • Grindhouse

    Grindhouse

  • Four Rooms

    Four Rooms

  • All-American Girl

    All-American Girl

  • BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • Ennio

    Ennio

  • Little Nicky

    Little Nicky

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • Emigratis

    Emigratis

  • Friedkin Uncut

    Friedkin Uncut

  • Diary of the Dead

    Diary of the Dead

  • Sly

    Sly

  • Vegetables

    Vegetables

  • Iconoclasts

    Iconoclasts

  • The Legend of the Palme d'Or

    The Legend of the Palme d'Or

  • She's Funny That Way

    She's Funny That Way

  • The Entertainment Biz

    The Entertainment Biz

  • Reservoir Dogs

    Reservoir Dogs

  • Sukiyaki Western Django

    Sukiyaki Western Django

  • The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge

    The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge

  • The Director's Chair

    The Director's Chair

  • QT8: The First Eight

    QT8: The First Eight

  • Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

    Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

    The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

  • The Great Buster: A Celebration

    The Great Buster: A Celebration

  • Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

    Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

  • 50 Films to See Before You Die

    50 Films to See Before You Die

  • All the Love You Cannes!

    All the Love You Cannes!

  • 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

  • POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

    POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

  • The Artist's Adventures

    The Artist's Adventures

  • Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

    Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

  • Not Quite Hollywood

    Not Quite Hollywood

  • Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

    Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

    The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

  • Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

    Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

  • Scream Awards

    Scream Awards

  • John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

    John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

  • Destiny Turns on the Radio

    Destiny Turns on the Radio

  • Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

    Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

  • Untraditional

    Untraditional

  • Full Tilt Boogie

    Full Tilt Boogie

  • Only What We Carry

    Only What We Carry

  • What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

    What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

  • Pulp Fiction: The Facts

    Pulp Fiction: The Facts

  • We Are Cinema

    We Are Cinema

  • John Travolta: The Inside Story

    John Travolta: The Inside Story

  • Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

    Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

  • When We Went MAD!

    When We Went MAD!

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

    12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

  • Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

    Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

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

    Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

  • Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

    Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

  • The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

  • Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

    Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema

  • Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures

    Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures

  • Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

    Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

  • Eddie Presley

    Eddie Presley

  • Heart of the Festival

    Heart of the Festival

  • Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

    Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

  • Why Are We Creative?

    Why Are We Creative?

  • Reservoir Dogs Revisited

    Reservoir Dogs Revisited

  • The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1'

    The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1'

  • Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

  • American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

    American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

  • Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

    Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

  • Michael Cimino, God Bless America

    Michael Cimino, God Bless America

  • A Love Letter To Making Movies

    A Love Letter To Making Movies

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

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

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

    A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson

  • Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    Mario Bava: Operazione paura

  • Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

    Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

  • God Said, 'Ha!'

    God Said, 'Ha!'

  • Kisses in the Dark

    Kisses in the Dark

  • You Talkin' to Me?

    You Talkin' to Me?

  • The Moviemakers: Tarantino

    The Moviemakers: Tarantino

  • Celluloid Horror

    Celluloid Horror

  • Sundance 20

    Sundance 20

  • The Coriolis Effect

    The Coriolis Effect

  • My Best Friend's Birthday

    My Best Friend's Birthday

  • Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

    Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

  • The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'

    The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'

  • Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview

    Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview