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