Quentin Tarantino

Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee
Birthday: March 27, 1963

The career of Quentin Tarantino instantly became the stuff of Hollywood legend. Of course, winning an Oscar, Golden Globe and numerous critics' awards for Best Original Screenplay for the groundbreaking and much-imitated "Pulp Fiction" (1994) added significantly to his luster. Not bad for a high school dropout who picked up much of his film education while working as a video store clerk. For better or worse, the entertainment press selected Tarantino as the symbol of a new generation of young, hot directors. Hailed by Variety as &…more

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Masters of Action: Quentin Tarantino & Jet Li Explore the Greatest Martial Arts Fight Scenes in Film
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood s Boy Wonder
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
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MTV News Raw
Intimate Portrait: Pam Grier
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ER
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Jimmy Kimmel Live
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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Scream Awards 2006
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Career Milestones

2007
Helmed Death Proof, the slasher themed half of the goretastic double feature Grind House a collaboration with Robert Rodriguez
2005
Directed the season finale of the CBS drama CSI ; also helped develop the story for the final episode (aired in May)
2003 to 2004
Wrote script Kill Bill for actress Uma Thurman; was scheduled to direct in 2001 but postponed after Thurman became pregnant; Released in two volumes Kill Bill vol. 1 in 2003 and Kill Bill vol. 2 in 2004
2002
Played recurring role in episodes of the popular ABC drama series Alias
2000
Had featured role in Little Nicky , starring Adam Sandler