Quentin Tarantino
Directing Born Mar 27, 1963 Knoxville, Tennessee, USA 245 credits
Biography
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, actor, and author. Born on March 27, 1963, in Knoxville, Tennessee, he is the son of Connie McHugh Tarantino Zastoupil, a nurse and health care executive, and Tony Tarantino, an actor and musician. At the age of four, he relocated with his mother to Torrance, California. Throughout his career, Tarantino has gained recognition for his contributions to cinema as both a creative force behind the camera and a performer. He is widely noted for his distinct approach to filmmaking, which has earned him a significant cult following as well as widespread critical and commercial success within the industry.
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Career overview
Tarantino emerged as an independent filmmaker in the early 1990s. His directorial work is characterized by the use of nonlinear storylines, the aestheticization of violence, and graphic depictions of conflict. His films often feature extended dialogue sequences containing profanity and frequent references to popular culture, reflecting a deep fascination with film history. Notable works in his filmography include Pulp Fiction, released in 1994, Inglourious Basterds, released in 2009, and Django Unchained, released in 2012. These projects are frequently cited for their stylized presentation and sharp writing.
Over the course of his career, Tarantino has been recognized with various industry honors, including Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Awards, and the Palme d'Or. Additionally, he has received nominations for Emmy and Grammy Awards. His impact on the medium has been noted by critics and publications, with Total Film naming him the 12th-greatest director of all time in 2007. With 183 known credits, his body of work continues to be studied for its unique stylistic signatures and influence on modern cinema.
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Career timeline
The Adventures of Cliff Booth · WriterThe Adventures of Cliff Booth · ProducerOne Spoon of Chocolate · Executive ProducerThe Projectionist · ProducerRobert Richardson: The White Devil
Number One on the Call SheetThe Lost Chapter: Yuki's RevengeThe Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge · DirectorThe Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge · WriterStella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Thanksgiving · ThanksSlyBurt Reynolds: The Last InterviewThe Moviemakers: Tarantino
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?EnnioSuper Pumped: The Battle for UberSuper Pumped: The Battle for UberShoot to Live
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendWe Are CinemaDjango & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the TruthA Love Letter To Making Movies
Once Upon a Time... in HollywoodOnce Upon a Time... in Hollywood · ProducerOnce Upon a Time... in Hollywood · ScreenplayOnce Upon a Time... in Hollywood · DirectorOnce Upon a Time... in Hollywood · Writer
Eli Roth's History of HorrorWhy Are We Creative?Friedkin UncutThe Great Buster: A Celebration
Baby Driver · ThanksPlankton SalesmenJohn Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
EmigratisThe Artist's AdventuresThe Artist's AdventuresUntraditional
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertClose Up with The Hollywood ReporterLip Sync BattleThe Hateful EightThe Hateful Eight · Screenplay
Late Night with Seth MeyersFrom Dusk Till Dawn: The Series · Original Film WriterThe Director's Chair21 Years: Richard Linklater · ThanksOne Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Strutter · ThanksMalaria · ThanksQuentin Tarantino: 20 Years of FilmmakingI Tarantiniani
Django UnchainedDjango Unchained · WriterDjango Unchained · DirectorThe Man with the Iron Fists · Producer12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair · DirectorKill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair · WriterKill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair · CharactersNightmare FactoryCorman's World
Epic Rap Battles of History · CharactersScott Pilgrim vs. the World · ThanksQuentin Tarantino: A Life in PicturesThe Legend Still Lives: 30 Years of Madman · Thanks
Inglourious BasterdsInglourious Basterds · WriterInglourious Basterds · DirectorThe Jay Leno ShowStolz der Nation · Producer
Not Quite HollywoodHell Ride · Executive ProducerElvis Mitchell: Under the InfluenceFantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
The Graham Norton ShowDeath ProofDeath Proof · ScreenplayDeath Proof · Director of PhotographyDeath Proof · Producer
Hostel · Executive ProducerHostel · Presenter50 Films to See Before You DieFreedom's Fury · Executive ProducerHostel Dissected
The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSin City · Special Guest DirectorThe Protector · Executive ProducerIconoclastsThe Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Kill Bill: Vol. 2Kill Bill: Vol. 2 · ScreenplayKill Bill: Vol. 2 · CharactersKill Bill: Vol. 2 · DirectorOn Air with Ryan Seacrest
Real Time with Bill MaherJimmy Kimmel Live!Jimmy Kimmel Live!Kill Bill: Vol. 1 · WriterKill Bill: Vol. 1 · Characters
Hero · PresenterHero · Executive ProducerAll the Love You Cannes!Heart of the FestivalSundance 20
Alias
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · DirectorCSI: Crime Scene Investigation · StoryLittle NickyFrom Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter · Executive ProducerOnce Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Forever HollywoodFrom Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money · Executive Producer
The Entertainment BizJackie Chan: My Story · ThanksFull Tilt BoogieKisses in the DarkOff the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Jackie BrownJackie Brown · ScreenplayJackie Brown · Executive Music ProducerJackie Brown · Director
From Dusk Till DawnFrom Dusk Till Dawn · ScreenplayFrom Dusk Till Dawn · Executive ProducerGirl 6Curdled
Full filmography
- The Adventures of Cliff Booth (2026) Writer
- The Adventures of Cliff Booth (2026) Producer
- One Spoon of Chocolate (2026) Executive Producer
- The Projectionist (2026) Producer
- Robert Richardson: The White Devil (2026) as Self
- Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026)
- Only What We Carry (2026) as John Percy
- Number One on the Call Sheet (2025) as Self
- The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge (2025) as Bill (voice) (uncredited)
- The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge (2025) Director
- The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge (2025) Writer
- Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet (2025) as Self
- When We Went MAD! (2025) as Self
- Luckless Revanchists (2025) Producer
- Short Cuts : KILL BILL VOL.1 (2025) Original Film Writer
- Thanksgiving (2023) Thanks
- Sly (2023) as Self
- Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview (2023) as Self
- The Moviemakers: Tarantino (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? (2022) as Self
- Ennio (2022) as Self
- Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (2022) as Tarantino's Voice (voice)
- Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (2022) as Tarantino (voice)
- Shoot to Live (2022) as Self
- Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America (2022) as Self
- Halftime (2022) as Self
- American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2022) as Self
- Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022)
- Thriller—A Cruel Documentary (2022) Thanks
- Michael Cimino, God Bless America (2022) as Self
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend (2021) as Self
- We Are Cinema (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021) as Self - Filmmaker
- Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth (2020) as Self
- A Love Letter To Making Movies (2020) as Self
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) as Red Apple Ad Director (uncredited) (voice)
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) Producer
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) Screenplay
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) Director
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) Writer
- The Hateful Eight (2019) as Narrator
- The Hateful Eight (2019) Director
- The Hateful Eight (2019) Writer
- The Hateful Eight (2019) Creator
- QT8: The First Eight (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019) as Self
- Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018) as Self
- Why Are We Creative? (2018) as Self
- Friedkin Uncut (2018) as Self
- The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) as Self
- Baby Driver (2017) Thanks
- Plankton Salesmen (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood (2017) as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Emigratis (2016) as Self
- The Artist's Adventures (2016) as Self
- The Artist's Adventures (2016) as Self
- Untraditional (2016) as Himself
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
- Lip Sync Battle (2015) as Self
- The Hateful Eight (2015) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Hateful Eight (2015) Screenplay
- The Hateful Eight (2015) Director
- She's Funny That Way (2015) as Quentin Tarantino
- The Legend of the Palme d'Or (2015) as Self
- #15SecondScare (2015) Executive Producer
- A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson (2015) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014) Original Film Writer
- The Director's Chair (2014) as Self
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014) Thanks
- One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014) as Self
- Strutter (2013) Thanks
- Malaria (2013) Thanks
- Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking (2013) as Self
- I Tarantiniani (2013) as Self
- Django Unchained (2012) as The LeQuint Dickey Mining Co. Employee
- Django Unchained (2012) Writer
- Django Unchained (2012) Director
- The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) Producer
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief (2012) as Self
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) Director
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) Writer
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) Characters
- Nightmare Factory (2011) as Self
- Corman's World (2011) as Self - Filmmaker
- POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) as Self
- Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011) as Self
- Epic Rap Battles of History (2010) Characters
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) Thanks
- Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures (2010) as Self
- The Legend Still Lives: 30 Years of Madman (2010) Thanks
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) as First Scalped Nazi / American Soldier in 'Pride of Nation' (uncredited)
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) Writer
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) Director
- The Jay Leno Show (2009) as Self - Guest
- Stolz der Nation (2009) Producer
- Not Quite Hollywood (2008) as Self
- Hell Ride (2008) Executive Producer
- Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (2008) as Self
- Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (2008) as Self
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Death Proof (2007) as Warren
- Death Proof (2007) Screenplay
- Death Proof (2007) Director of Photography
- Death Proof (2007) Producer
- Death Proof (2007) Director
- Hostel: Part II (2007) Executive Producer
- Planet Terror (2007) as Rapist #1
- Planet Terror (2007) Producer
- Grindhouse (2007) as Warren (segment "Death Proof") / Rapist #1 (segment "Planet Terror")
- Grindhouse (2007) Director
- Grindhouse (2007) Presenter
- Grindhouse (2007) Writer
- Grindhouse (2007) Director of Photography
- Grindhouse (2007) Producer
- Diary of the Dead (2007) as Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
- Diary of the Dead (2007) Thanks
- Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) as Ringo
- Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) Executive Producer
- Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (2007) as Self
- Red Princess Blues Animated: The Book of Violence (2007) Thanks
- Hostel (2006) Executive Producer
- Hostel (2006) Presenter
- 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) as Self
- Freedom's Fury (2006) Executive Producer
- Hostel Dissected (2006) as Self
- Scream Awards (2006) as Self
- Back to the Well: 'Clerks II' (2006) as Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) as Self
- Sin City (2005) Special Guest Director
- The Protector (2005) Executive Producer
- Iconoclasts (2005) as Self
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) as Self - Kermit's Director
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Reservoir Dogs Revisited (2005) as (archive)
- Daltry Calhoun (2005) Executive Producer
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) as Self
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) as Director's voice (uncredited)
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) Screenplay
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) Characters
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) Director
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004) as Self
- The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004) as Self
- Double Dare (2004) as Self
- My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004) Executive Producer
- Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) as Self
- John Travolta: The Inside Story (2004) as Self
- The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' (2004) as Self
- Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004) as Self
- Celluloid Horror (2004) as Himself
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Writer
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Characters
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Director
- Duck Dodgers (2003) as Master Moloch (voice)
- The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1' (2003) as Self
- Hero (2002) Presenter
- Hero (2002) Executive Producer
- All the Love You Cannes! (2002) as Self
- Heart of the Festival (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Sundance 20 (2002) as Himself
- Kaante (2002) Original Story
- Pulp Fiction: The Facts (2002) as Self
- BaadAsssss Cinema (2002) as Self
- Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages (2002)
- Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002) as Self
- Alias (2001) as McKenas Cole
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) Director
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) Story
- Little Nicky (2000) as Deacon
- From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) Executive Producer
- Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2000) as Self
- Forever Hollywood (1999) as Self
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) Executive Producer
- The Entertainment Biz (1998) as Self
- Jackie Chan: My Story (1998) Thanks
- Full Tilt Boogie (1998) as Self
- Kisses in the Dark (1998) as Panhandle Slim (voice) (The Coriolis Effect)
- Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1998) as Self
- God Said, 'Ha!' (1998) as Self
- God Said, 'Ha!' (1998) Executive Producer
- Jackie Brown (1997) as Answering Machine (voice) (uncredited)
- Jackie Brown (1997) Screenplay
- Jackie Brown (1997) Executive Music Producer
- Jackie Brown (1997) Director
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) as Richard Gecko
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) Screenplay
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) Executive Producer
- Girl 6 (1996) as Director #1 - NY
- Curdled (1996) as Ritchie Gecko (Archival Photo) (uncredited)
- Curdled (1996) Executive Producer
- The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996) as Self
- Desperado (1995) as Pick-Up Guy
- Four Rooms (1995) as Chester
- Four Rooms (1995) Director
- Four Rooms (1995) Executive Producer
- Four Rooms (1995) Writer
- Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) as Destiny
- Dance Me to the End of Love (1995) Writer
- ER (1994) Director
- Pulp Fiction (1994) as Jimmie Dimmick
- Pulp Fiction (1994) Story
- Pulp Fiction (1994) Director
- Pulp Fiction (1994) Writer
- Natural Born Killers (1994) Story
- All-American Girl (1994) as Desmond
- Somebody to Love (1994) as Bartender
- Sleep with Me (1994) as Sid
- The Coriolis Effect (1994) as Panhandle Slim (voice)
- You Talkin' to Me? (1994) as Self
- Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder (1994) as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- True Romance (1993) Writer
- Killing Zoe (1993) Executive Producer
- Eddie Presley (1993) as Asylum Attendant
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self
- Reservoir Dogs (1992) as Mr. Brown
- Reservoir Dogs (1992) Writer
- Reservoir Dogs (1992) Director
- Reservoir Dogs (1992) Additional Dialogue
- Past Midnight (1992) Associate Producer
- Reservoir Dogs (1991) as Mr. White
- Reservoir Dogs (1991) Director
- Reservoir Dogs (1991) Writer
- Reservoir Dogs (1991) Editor
- Reservoir Dogs (1991) Director of Photography
- From Dusk Til Dawn (1991) Writer
- Vegetables (1989) as Quentin
- Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential (1987) Production Office Assistant
- The Golden Girls (1985) as Elvis Impersonator
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self - Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- Invisible Women as Self
- Tangled Up in Blue
- Django/Zorro Characters
- Django/Zorro Comic Book
- Django/Zorro Producer
- Untitled Quentin Tarantino Film Director
- Iconoclasts: Quentin Tarantino & Fiona Apple Other