Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter, who is known for his stylized body of work and eccentric public persona. Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 27, 1963. Many of his films have achieved both critical and commercial success, including such notable examples as Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Sin City (as "Special Guest Director") and Grindhouse. He is also a frequent collaborator with famed director Robert Rodriguez, who worked with Tarantino on such films as From Dusk Till Dawn, Four Rooms, Sin City and Grindhouse.

Quentin Tarantino’s latest film was Inglourious Basterds, which stars Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent and Christoph Waltz. The film, which chronicles the journey of "Nazi hunters" in WWII, opened on August 21, 2009,http://weinsteinco.com/#/film/inglourious/ and was later nominated for eight Oscar Awards in 2010. The nominations included Best Sound Editing and Best Sound mixing, Best Film editing, Best Cinematography, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Directing and Best Picture. Like many of his previous works, Tarantino both wrote and directed the film.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/bio

Brief Life History

Born in Knoxville, after his parent split Quentin was transplanted to Torrance, California by his single mom Connie. He attended Narbonne High School in California until the age of 15 when his mom allowed him to quit school and take acting lessons full time.http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021942/bio

He landed a job as a video store clerk in a store named Video Archives, located in Manhattan Beach. This job allowed Tarantino unlimited access to movies as a way to educate himself on foreign pictures, obscure cult movies, and the history of film that would later influence his works.

Tarantino burst onto the Hollywood scene with his popular screenplay True Romance. He would follow that up with his film Reservoir Dogs. After the success of that film he completed the Oscar-winning film Pulp Fiction. He has established himself, as one of the premiere and respected directors and producers in the business, with his popular films

Movies Written by Quentin Tarantino

1987 ‘’My Best friend’s birthday’’
1992: Reservoir Dogs
1993: “True Romance
1994: Pulp Fiction
1994: ‘’Natural Born Killers’’
1995: ‘’Four Rooms’’
1995: ‘’Dance Me to the End of Love”
1997: Jackie Brown
2003: Kill Bill Vol. 1
2004: Kill Bill Vol. 2
2005: Sin City
2006: “Reservoir Dogs”
2007: Grindhouse
2009: Inglourious Basterdshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/