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, f…

Directed

1. Pulp Fiction (1994) — Director
2. Django Unchained (2012) — Director
3. Inglourious Basterds (2009) — Director
4. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) — Director
5. Reservoir Dogs (1992) — Director
6. The Hateful Eight (2015) — Director
7. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) — Director
8. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) — Director
9. Jackie Brown (1997) — Director
10. Death Proof (2007) — Director
11. Four Rooms (1995) — Director
12. Grindhouse (2007) — Director
13. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Director
14. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) — Director
15. ER (1994) — Director
16. Reservoir Dogs (1991) — Director
17. The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge (2025) — Director
18. The Hateful Eight (2019) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Pulp Fiction (1994) — Jimmie Dimmick
2. Django Unchained (2012) — The LeQuint Dickey Mining Co. Employee
3. Inglourious Basterds (2009) — First Scalped Nazi / American Soldier in 'Pride of Nation' (uncredited)
4. Reservoir Dogs (1992) — Mr. Brown
5. The Hateful Eight (2015) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
6. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) — Director's voice (uncredited)
7. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) — Red Apple Ad Director (uncredited) (voice)
8. Jackie Brown (1997) — Answering Machine (voice) (uncredited)
9. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) — Richard Gecko
10. Death Proof (2007) — Warren
11. Planet Terror (2007) — Rapist #1
12. Desperado (1995) — Pick-Up Guy
13. Four Rooms (1995) — Chester
14. Little Nicky (2000) — Deacon
15. Grindhouse (2007) — Warren (segment "Death Proof") / Rapist #1 (segment "Planet Terror")
16. Diary of the Dead (2007) — Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
17. She's Funny That Way (2015) — Quentin Tarantino
18. Alias (2001) — McKenas Cole
19. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
20. The Golden Girls (1985) — Elvis Impersonator
21. Ennio (2022) — Self
22. Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) — Ringo
23. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self
24. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self
25. Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) — Self
26. POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) — Self
27. Sly (2023) — Self
28. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self
29. Reservoir Dogs (1991) — Mr. White
30. QT8: The First Eight (2019) — Self (archive footage)
31. Halftime (2022) — Self
32. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
33. The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) — Self - Kermit's Director
34. Duck Dodgers (2003) — Master Moloch (voice)
35. Curdled (1996) — Ritchie Gecko (Archival Photo) (uncredited)
36. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self
37. Girl 6 (1996) — Director #1 - NY
38. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) — Self
39. Lip Sync Battle (2015) — Self
40. The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004) — Self