Knowledge Identifier: +Quentin_Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor
Category: Movies & TV
Born in 1963.
Countries: United States (56%), (10%), United Kingdom (7%)
Education: undef.
Main connections: Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, Pulp Fiction
Linked to: Lomita, California, Narbonne High School, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
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Quentin Tarantino was born in 1963
Bernard Herrmann - "Georgie's Theme" from Herrmann's score for the 1968 film "Twisted Nerve" is whistled by one-eyed nurse Elle Driver in the hospital corridor scene in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill Vol. 1"
Bobby Womack - Film director Quentin Tarantino used "Across 110th Street" in the opening and closing sequences of his 1997 film "Jackie Brown"
Derek Ford - Ford's 1975 film "The Sexplorer" aka "The Girl From Starship Venus" garnered a famous fan in director Quentin Tarantino
Linda Haynes - She mysteriously left the acting world in 1980 and was found in 1995 by director Quentin Tarantino and author Tom Graves
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Roger Christian (filmmaker) - Quentin Tarantino has described "The Sender" as his favorite horror film of 1982
Tarantino directed and co-wrote a movie called My Best Friend's Birthday in 1987.
Val Kilmer - In the early 1990s, Kilmer starred in the mystery thriller "Thunderheart", action comedy "The Real McCoy" and again teamed with "Top Gun" director Tony Scott to play Elvis in "True Romance", which was written by Quentin Tarantino
In January 1992, Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs screened at the Sundance Film Festival and was an immediate hit.
Kirk Baltz - Baltz is best known for his role as Marvin Nash, an LAPD police officer in the famous torture scene of the 1992 Quentin Tarantino film "Reservoir Dogs"
Harvey Keitel - Keitel starred in Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" in 1992, where his performance as "Mr. White" took his career to a different level
Tim Roth - Roth was cast as Mr. Orange in Quentin Tarantino's 1992 ensemble piece "Reservoir Dogs"
Reservoir Dogs was given the Critic's Award at the 4th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 1993.
Tarantino's screenplay True Romance was optioned and eventually released in 1993.
Samuel L. Jackson - After a turn as the criminal Big Don in the 1993 Tarantino-penned True Romance directed by Tony Scott, Tarantino contacted Jackson for the role of Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction.
Harvey Keitel - He appeared in the movie "The Piano" in 1993, and played an efficient clean-up expert Winston "The Wolf" Wolfe in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction"
Chris Isaak - His track "Two Hearts" was featured in the closing credits of the 1993 film "True Romance", directed by Tony Scott, written by Quentin Tarantino, and starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette
Tony Scott - In 1993, Scott directed True Romance costing just 13m, from a script by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary.
Christian Slater - In 1993, Slater tried to expand his film genre, playing opposite Marisa Tomei in "Untamed Heart" and playing Clarence Worley in the Quentin Tarantino penned cult classic "True Romance", which received many rave reviews
True Romance - "'True Romance"' is a 1993 American romantic dark comedy crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino
Kathy Griffin - Griffin made an appearance in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film "Pulp Fiction" as a pedestrian coming to the aid of Marcellus Wallace after he is hit by a car driven by Butch Coolidge
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Christopher Jones (actor) - He spurned offers to return to the screen, even after his personal fortunes and health declined, and passed on the role of Zed in Quentin Tarantino's groundbreaking "Pulp Fiction" in 1994
Maria de Medeiros - In 1994, Medeiros appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction", playing Butch Coolidge's girlfriend, Fabienne
Bruce Willis - In 1994, he had a supporting role in Quentin Tarantino's acclaimed "Pulp Fiction", which gave a new boost to his career
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Perfect (film) - In a 1994 interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Quentin Tarantino claimed this movie was "greatly underappreciated due Curtis' very 'tight' performance
Oliver Stone - Stone's film $Natural_Born_Killers (originally based on a screenplay by Quentin_Tarantino), released in 1994, received controversial recognition for its portrayal of violence, along with the intended satire on the media.
Top Gun - The masculine theme of the film has been the subject of humorous examination, with the homoerotic subtext examined in a monologue performed by Quentin Tarantino in the 1994 film "Sleep with Me"
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Let's Stay Together (song) - The song was used in the Quentin Tarantino film "Pulp Fiction" , the 2004 film "Hellboy" and the 2005 film "Munich
Saints Row 2 - The story has a strong cultural and cinematic influence; developers have stated that the game's story was influenced by Quentin Tarantino's critically acclaimed 1994 film, "Pulp Fiction"
Dick Dale - The use of "Misirlou" in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film "Pulp Fiction" gained him a new audience
Neil Diamond - Urge Overkill recorded a version of Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" for Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, released in 1994.
Pulp Fiction - "'Pulp Fiction"' is a 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who co-wrote its screenplay with Roger Avary
According to a 1995 Premiere magazine article, actor Denzel Washington confronted Tarantino on his usage of racial slurs in his pictures, but mentioned that Tarantino was a "fine artist.
In addition, in 1995 Tarantino formed Rolling Thunder Pictures with Miramax as a vehicle to release or re-release several independent and foreign features.
In 1996, Tarantino was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor in From Dusk till Dawn, but lost against Marlon Brando in The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Harvey Keitel - In 1996 he did a major role in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's film, "From Dusk Till Dawn", and in 1997 he starred in the crime drama "Cop Land", which starred Sylvester Stallone, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro
Marta Sanchez - In 1996, Marta recorded "Obsession", a song for the movie "Curdled" produced by Quentin Tarantino
From Dusk till Dawn - "'From Dusk till Dawn"' is a 1996 American horror comedy-crime thriller film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino
Chungking Express - On 8 March 1996, the film began a limited theatrical run in North America through Quentin Tarantino's Rolling Thunder distribution company under Miramax
By 1997, Miramax shut down the company due to "lack of interest" in the pictures released.
Candice Rialson - Quentin Tarantino claimed Rialson was the inspiration for Bridget Fonda's character in 1997's "Jackie Brown
Marco Ponti - In 1997 he attended a course for movie writers at the RAI Cinema Fiction School; in the same year he published a book dedicated to Quentin Tarantino
Bridget Fonda - In 1997, Fonda was on the same plane flight as Quentin Tarantino when he offered her the part of a beach babe in "Jackie Brown"
Hattie Winston - In 1997, Winston portrayed Simone in the Quentin Tarantino film "Jackie Brown"
Julia Sweeney - Miramax released a film version of the show in 1998, directed by Sweeney and produced by Quentin Tarantino
April March - The song has since been featured in the 1999 campy teen comedy "But I'm a Cheerleader," and was brought to wider audiences in Quentin Tarantino's 2007 film "Death Proof"; it was used as the backing music to television advertisements for the Renault Twingo in the UK and in France in 2008
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Iron Man (2008 film) - In May 1999, Jeffrey Caine was hired to rewrite Vintar and Lee's script, while in October 1999, Quentin Tarantino was approached to write and direct the film
In the 2002 Sight & Sound Directors' poll, Tarantino revealed his top-twelve films: The Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Ugly; Rio Bravo; Taxi Driver; His Girl Friday; Rolling Thunder; They All Laughed; The Great Escape; Carrie; Coffy; Dazed and Confused; Five Fingers of Death; and Hi Diddle Diddle.
David Carradine - Carradine enjoyed a revival of his fame when he was cast in Quentin Tarantino's sequential "Kill Bill" movies, in 2003 and 2004
Julie Dreyfus - Dreyfus portrayed the character of Sofie Fatale in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film, "Kill Bill Volume 1"
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - It became widely popular with a later generation after its inclusion in the 2003 Quentin Tarantino film "Kill Bill Vol. 1", where its instrumental passage plays over the duel between The Bride and O-Ren Ishii, and the accompanying "Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack", where it is incorporated in a full vocal form that runs over ten minutes
Ennio Morricone - The 2003 Quentin Tarantino film "Kill Bill" Volumes 1 & 2 makes extensive use of several Morricone pieces from several 1960s film scores
In 2004 he brought the Chinese martial arts film Hero to U.S. shores.
In 2004, Tarantino returned to Cannes, where he served as President of the Jury.
Uma Thurman - In a 2004 Rolling Stone cover story, Thurman and director Quentin Tarantino denied having had a romantic relationship, despite Tarentino once having told a reporter, "I'm not saying that we haven't, and I'm not saying that we have.
Eli Roth - In his 2004 Premiere Magazine interview for "Kill Bill," Quentin Tarantino called "Cabin Fever" his favorite new film and Roth "the future of horror
Benoit Poelvoorde - Poelvoorde became a member of the Cannes Film Festival Jury in 2004, on Quentin Tarantino's request, a big fan of "Man Bites Dog", who presided over the Jury, that year
David Guido Pietroni - Presented with Quentin Tarantino at the Venice Screenings within the Venice Biennale in 2004, the DVD Rigoletto Story is distributed worldwide by Columbia TriStar and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
In 2005, Quentin Tarantino won the Icon of the Decade Award at the 10th Empire Awards.
Tarantino went on to be credited as "Special Guest Director" in Robert Rodriguez's 2005 neo-noir film Sin City for his work directing the car sequence featuring Clive Owen and Benicio del Toro.
In 2006, the latest "Quentin Tarantino presents" production, Hostel, opened at 1 at the box office with a $20.1 million opening weekend, good for 8th all time in January.
Outkast - Benjamin was a member of Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender's production company A Band Apart until its close in 2006; he formed his own company, Moxie Turtle
Kurt Russell - In 2006, he appeared in the disaster-thriller "Poseidon", and in 2007 Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" segment from the film "Grindhouse"
However in 2007, because of the age of the actors and the onscreen deaths of both characters, he claimed that the project is "kind of unlikely now".
Sydney Tamiia Poitier - In 2007, Poitier starred in "Death Proof", director Quentin Tarantino's segment of the movie "Grindhouse" as radio DJ Jungle Julia
Eli Roth - In 2007, Roth directed the faux trailer segment "Thanksgiving" for "Grindhouse" in addition to appearing in "Death Proof", Quentin Tarantino's segment of the film
Edgar Wright - In 2007, Wright directed a fake trailer insert for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's "Grindhouse", called "Don't"
Cinemanila International Film Festival - In 2007, director Quentin Tarantino and Thai director Chatrichalerm Yukol were among the Lifetime Achievement recipients
Eli Roth - Roth and cowriter Jeff Rendell won a 2007 Spike TV Scream *award for best "screamplay" for their writing in "Grindhouse," sharing the honor with Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Rob Zombie and Edgar Wright
Rafe Spall - Spall was featured in Wright's segment in the 2007 Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez film "Grindhouse"
Stelvio Cipriani - The main theme was recycled by Cipriani for the score for "Tentacoli" and was brought to the public's attention again in 2007 when it was featured in Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof"
Death Proof - "'Death Proof"' is a 2007 American action-exploitation film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
Banksy - In April 2007, Transport for London painted over Banksy's iconic image of a scene from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, featuring Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta clutching bananas instead of guns.
Filming began in October 2008.
Rod Taylor - Finally, 2008 found him back before the cameras, portraying Winston Churchill in the Quentin Tarantino feature, "Inglorious Basterds
Larry Bishop - His most recent movies are 2008's "Hell Ride", in collaboration with Quentin Tarantino, and 2010's "Forgotten Pills"
Pulp Fiction - Several scenes and images from the film achieved iconic status; in 2008, "Entertainment Weekly" declared, "You'd be hard-pressed, by now, to name a moment from Quentin Tarantino's film that isn't iconic
Brad Pitt - Since 2008, Pitt's work has included a leading role in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, released in August 2009 at a special presentation at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Among his current producing credits are the horror flick Hostel, the adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Killshot (for which Tarantino was credited as an executive producer although Taratino was no longer associated with the film after its 2009 release.
In 2009, he named Kinji Fukasaku's violent action film Battle Royale as his favorite film released since he became a director in 1992.
In 2009, his film Inglourious Basterds was nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, winning one for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2009, in an interview for Italian TV, after being asked about the success of the two Kill Bill films, Tarantino said "You haven't asked me about the third one", and implied that he would be making a third Kill Bill film with the words "The Bride will fight again/" Later that year, at the Morelia International Film Festival, Tarantino announced that Kill Bill: Vol. 3 would be his ninth film, and would be released in 2014.
Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds is the story of a group of guerrilla U.S. soldiers in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Filming began in October 2008.
Enzo G. Castellari - Castellari cameoed as a German mortar squad commander in his film "The Inglorious Bastards"; and Quentin Tarantino cast Castellari in the cameo role of a German general in his film "Inglourious Basterds" which was inspired by Castellari's 1978 film
Inglourious Basterds - Critic James Berardinelli gave the film his first four-star review of 2009, stating, "With "Inglourious Basterds", Quentin Tarantino has made his best movie since "Pulp Fiction"," and that it was "one hell of an enjoyable ride
Saving Private Ryan - Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has expressed admiration for the film and has cited it as an influence on his 2009 war epic, "Inglourious Basterds"
Rod Taylor - He appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" in 2009, portraying Winston Churchill in a cameo
Daniel Bruhl - He was introduced to mainstream U.S. audiences in the role of Frederik Zoller, a German war hero in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," starring Brad Pitt, which premiered at Cannes 2009
Lilian Harvey - In Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film "Inglourious Basterds", Lillian Harvey's duet with Willy Fritsch from the 1936 film "Glückskinder", Ich wollt' ich wär ein Huhn can be heard playing on a phonograph in the basement scene "La Louisiane" as well as in the extended scene "Lunch With Goebbels", as Joseph Goebbels happily sings a portion of the song after deciding to hold a private screening of the film
Christoph Waltz - In Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film "Inglourious Basterds", Waltz portrayed SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa, aka "The Jew Hunter"
Mike Myers - In 2009 he did another non-comedic role, as British General Ed Fenech, in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds"
Samuel L. Jackson - In 2009, he again worked with Quentin Tarantino when he narrated several scenes in the World War II film, Inglourious Basterds.
Diane Kruger - In 2009, she co-starred as a German actress turned Allied spy in Quentin Tarantino's film "Inglourious Basterds"
Denis Menochet - Menochet is perhaps best known to an international audience for his role as Perrier LaPadite, a French dairy farmer interrogated by the Nazis for harboring Jews, in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film, "Inglourious Basterds"
Melanie Laurent - She is best known to international audiences for her role as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film "Inglourious Basterds", for which she won Best Actress from the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics Association
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Hunger (2008 film) - The film was named the "Best Film of 2009" by the Toronto Film Critics Association *awards; it shared the *award with Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds"
Hans Landa - "'Colonel Hans Landa"' is the prime villain in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film "Inglourious Basterds"
Inglourious Basterds - "'Inglourious Basterds"' is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, and Diane Kruger
In March 2010, Tarantino was awarded the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic along with Lucy Liu and Andy Vajna for producing the 2006 movie Freedom's Fury.
Tim Lucas - In the aforementioned "Il Fatto Quotidiano" interview of 2010, Quentin Tarantino hailed "Mario Bava All the Colors of the Dark" as "the best book on films ever written
Christopher Plummer - Still, on Oscar night, March 7, 2010, Plummer lost the Best Supporting Actor nomination to Christoph Waltz in the Quentin Tarantino 2009 war film "Inglourious Basterds"
Sam Raimi - On Thursday, August 5, 2010, it was reported that Quentin Tarantino - who was attached as a co-writer for the script - was attached to direct as well
In 2011, production began on Django Unchained, about the revenge of a slave on his former master.
Jonah Hill - In 2011, it was announced that Hill was in talks to appear in Quentin Tarantino's movie "Django Unchained"
James Remar - In September 2011 it was announced that Remar would be starring in Quentin Tarantino's new film "Django Unchained"
Tom Wopat - In September 2011 it was announced that Wopat would take on a relatively small role in Quentin Tarantino's new film "Django Unchained"
Kerry Washington - In October 2011, it was confirmed that she would be starring in Quentin Tarantino's new film "Django Unchained"
Michael K. Williams - In November 2011 it was announced that Quentin Tarantino has written a new character into the script of his new film "Django Unchained"
The film is scheduled to be released on December 25, 2012.
Dennis Christopher - Christopher played a character named Leonide Moguy in Quentin Tarantino's film "Django Unchained", released on Christmas Day, 2012
John Jarratt - He made a cameo in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" in 2012, appearing as an employee of the Le Quint Dickie Mining Company alongside Tarantino himself, both appearing with Australian accents
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Django (film) - In Quentin Tarantino's 2012 film "Django Unchained", Nero plays a small role as Amerigo Vassepi, an owner of a slave engaged in Mandingo fighting with a slave owned by Leonardo DiCaprio's character
Lee Horsley - In 2012 he appeared in the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained, as Sheriff Gus.
James Remar - In 2012, Remar appeared in Quentin Tarantino's film "Django Unchained"
M. C. Gainey - In 2012, he will appear in Quentin Tarantino's film "Django Unchained"
Django (film) - Nero has a cameo role in Quentin Tarantino's 2012 film "Django Unchained", an homage to the original classic
Kate Nash - Nash released her EP Death Proof in November 2012, with the first single being 'Death Proof', a song inspired the Quentin Tarantino film of the same title
Christoph Waltz - In December 2012, he will play bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz opposite Jamie Foxx in Quentin Tarantino's next movie "Django Unchained"
Samuel L. Jackson - Jackson appeared in Quentin Tarantino's film, "Django Unchained", which was released December 25, 2012
When asked in 2013 by Britain's "Channel 4 News" reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy "Why are you so sure that there's no link between enjoying movie violence and enjoying real violence-", Tarantino responded by saying, "I refuse your question
In November 2013, Tarantino revealed on "The Tonight Show" that he is working on a new film and that it will be another Western
Christopher Nolan - A survey of 17 academics held in 2013, regarding which filmmakers had been referenced the most in essays and dissertations marked over the last five years, showed that Nolan was the second-most studied director in the UK after Quentin Tarantino and ahead of Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg
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Kick-Ass 2 (film) - Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino named the film as one of the ten best he had seen in 2013
Christoph Waltz - He played German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz, opposite Jamie Foxx, in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained", for which he received the 2013 Academy, Golden Globe and the British Academy Film *awards for Best Supporting Actor
Krishnan Guru-Murthy - In January 2013, Guru-Murthy interviewed Quentin Tarantino who was promoting his new film, "Django Unchained"
The film is rumored to begin production in the summer of 2014
On January 12, 2014 it was revealed that Tarantino's next film will be "The Hateful Eight"
On July 30, 2014, a poster for the film was revealed
In late August 2014, Jennifer Lawrence was in talks to join the film
In late September 2014, Viggo Mortensen was in talks to join as villain for the film
In October 2014, Jennifer Jason Leigh was in talks to join as female lead for the film
On November 7, 2014, it was announced that Leigh, Channing Tatum, and Demián Bichir would join the cast
Olga Wilhelmine Munding - In 2014, Olga Wilhelmine rode on the Orpheus float with Quentin Tarantino
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El Rey (network) - On July 10th, it was announced that Guillermo Del Toro and Quentin Tarantino would be the next two directors spotlighted in July and August 2014, respectively
On May 28, Tarantino said that he had calmed down and would start filming "The Hateful Eight" in November in Colorado, with all the cast members from the script reading and with a possible 2015 release date
Critical reception to films Tarantino has directed as of January 6, 2015
In October 2015, Tarantino said he would retire from films after directing his tenth film
On December 16, 2015, Quentin Tarantino appeared on The Howard Stern Show to promote The Hateful Eight
His eighth film, the mystery Western "The Hateful Eight", was released in its roadshow version December 24, 2015, in 70 mm film format, complete with opening "overture" and halfway-point intermission, after the fashion of big-budget films of the 1960s and early 1970s
His eighth film, the mystery Western "The Hateful Eight", was released in its roadshow version December 25, 2015, in 70 mm film format, complete with opening "overture" and halfway-point intermission, after the fashion of big-budget films of the 1960s and early 1970s
Critical, public and commercial reception to films Tarantino has directed as of December 29, 2015
An unnamed western project for which he is a producer caused controversy in early June 2016 by posting a face book casting call-out for "whores", Caucasian, size 2-4
At the Adobe MAX event at the San Diego Convention Center on November 3, 2016, Tarantino confirmed rumors that he intended to retire after completing ten feature films: "Drop the mic
On Friday, June 30, 2017 Tarantino got engaged to Israeli singer Daniella Pick, 33, daughter of musician Svika Pick
On July 11, 2017 it was reported that Tarantino's next project will be a film about the Manson Family Murders
Critical, public and commercial reception to films Tarantino has directed as of October 15, 2017
On October 18, 2017, Tarantino gave an interview to "The New York Times", discussing sexual harassment and assault allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, who Tarantino had worked with on most of his films
In November 2017, Tarantino and JJ Abrams pitched an idea for a "Star Trek" film with Abrams assembling a writers room
Filming is expected to take place in the summer of 2018
In February 2018, audio resurfaced of a 2003 interview on "The Howard Stern Show" during which Tarantino defended Roman Polanski over his 1977 sexual abuse case
Pulp Fiction - On February 3, 2018, in an interview with "The New York Times", "Pulp Fiction" and "Kill Bill" actress Uma Thurman revealed that Tarantino had ignored her account of a sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein at the Savoy Hotel
On February 28, 2018, it was confirmed that Tarantino's "1969 Project" is entitled "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"
In May 2018 its reported that Timothy Olyphant is in negotiations to play one of the leads in the film
On July 18, 2018, the film's release date was pushed forward to July 26, 2019
They married on November 28, 2018 in a Jewish ceremony
Sony Pictures will distribute the film, and scheduled a release date for July 26, 2019
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