Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Connie McHugh Tarantino Zastoupil, a health care executive and nurse, and Tony Tarantino, an actor and amateur musician who was born in Queens, New York. Tarantino's father is Italian American and his mother is of Irish and Cherokee ancestry.
Tarantino wrote True Romance ( Scott, 1993), which was formed from the basis of his first directoral effort My Best Friends Baby (Tarantino,1987). At the 1992 Sundance Film Festival Tarantino screened Reserviour Dogs ( Tarantino, 1992) which he directed, wrote and starred in. The film was well recieved and garnered nominations in the independent spirit award for best feature film and best director.
Reserviour Dogs ( Tarantino, 1992)
Tarantino then sold the screenplays to True Romance (Scott, 1993) and Natural Born Killers (Stone, 1994), the latter of which he was only given story credit after several script revisions.
Following his sucess with Reserviour Dogs, Tarantino was offered many films from Hollywood including Men In Black (Sonnenfeld, 1997), but instead chose to work on Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) which he wrote and directed. The film also garnered critical acclaimed and won a Bafta for best original screenplay. Tarantino's third film was Jackie Brown (Tarantino, 1997), about six people all paying each other for a bag containing one million dollars.
His fourth and fifth films were Kill Bill: Vol 1( Tarantino, 2003) and Kill Bill Vol 2 (Tarantino, 2004), which is the study of my coursework.
Tarantino collaborated with friend Robert Rodriguez for Grindhouse (2007) a collection of two films with Tarantinos contribution being Death Proof (Tarantino, 2007). Tarantino has collaborated with Rodriguez a number of times, such as on Sin City ( Rodriguez, 2005) where he is credited as guest director.
Tarantinos lastest film was Inglourious Basterds ( Tarantino, 2009), a war epic about a group of guerilla US soldiers in nazi-occupied France.
Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009)
Tarantinos next projects include a planned sequel to Grindhouse (2007) and Kill Bill: Vol 3.
Grindhouse (2007)
Tarantino include many of the same actors in his films. He has worked with actors and actresses Harvey Kietel, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Buscemi, Micheal Madsen, Tim Roth, and Uma Thurman on numerous films.
Quentin Tarantino is one of my favourite film directors of all time. His films always feature interesting and rich characters, aswell as inspired references on old genres. I especially love his non-linear story structure and his unexpected plot twists. His films deserve the acclaim they have recieved, and he will surely continue to produce five-star features well into the future of his career.
