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Also Known As Quentin Jerome Tarantino
Born March 27, 1963 (age 63) • Knoxville • Tennessee
Awards And Honors Academy Award (2013) • Academy Award (1995) • Academy Award (2013): Writing (Original Screenplay) • Academy Award (1995): Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) • Golden Globe Award (2020): Best Screenplay - Motion Picture • Golden Globe Award (2013): Best Screenplay - Motion Picture • Golden Globe Award (1995): Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Notable Works “Death Proof” • “Django Unchained” • “Inglourious Basterds” • “Jackie Brown” • “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” • “Kill Bill: Volume 2” • “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” • “Pulp Fiction” • “Reservoir Dogs” • “The Hateful Eight”
Married To Daniella Pick (2018–present)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In) "Little Nicky" (2000) • "Duck Dodgers" (2005) • "Sleep with Me" (1994) • "Sukiyaki Western Django" (2007) • "Girl 6" (1996) • "Saturday Night Live" (1995) • "She's Funny That Way" (2014) • "Grindhouse" (2007) • "Destiny Turns on the Radio" (1995) • "The Golden Girls" (1988) • "Four Rooms" (1995) • "Death Proof" (2007) • "All-American Girl" (1995) • "Eddie Presley" (1992) • "Desperado" (1995) • "Django Unchained" (2012) • "Alias" (2002–2004) • "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1996) • "Somebody to Love" (1994) • "Planet Terror" (2007) • "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) • "Pulp Fiction" (1994) • "God Said, 'Ha!'" (1998) • "My Best Friend's Birthday" (1987)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed) "Inglorious Basterds" (2009) • "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" (2003) • "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood" (2019) • "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2005) • "Django Unchained" (2012) • "ER" (1995) • "Jackie Brown" (1997) • "Grindhouse" (2007) • "Four Rooms" (1995) • "Death Proof" (2007) • "Sin City" (2005) • "Pulp Fiction" (1994) • "My Best Friend's Birthday" (1987) • "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" (2004) • "Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair" (2011) • "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) • "The Hateful Eight" (2015)
Movies/Tv Shows (Cinematography) "Death Proof" (2007) • "Grindhouse" (2007)
Movies/Tv Shows (Film Editor) "My Best Friend's Birthday" (1987)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator) "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1996) • "True Romance" (1993) • "Jackie Brown" (1997) • "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood" (2019) • "Inglorious Basterds" (2009) • "The Hateful Eight" (2015) • "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" (2003) • "Pulp Fiction" (1994) • "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2005) • "Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair" (2011) • "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" (2004) • "My Best Friend's Birthday" (1987) • "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) • "Django Unchained" (2012) • "Grindhouse" (2007) • "Four Rooms" (1995) • "Natural Born Killers" (1994) • "Death Proof" (2007)

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Quentin Tarantino was born on March 27, 1963.
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Quentin Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.

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Quentin Tarantino wearing a black suit and black shirt with a black tie, standing in front of a backdrop at an event in 2020.
John Travolta as Vincent Vega and Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield stand side by side in suits, each aiming a gun, in a scene from the film Pulp Fiction.
Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, and Harvey Keitel in character, standing close together outside a building in a scene from the film Pulp Fiction.
Uma Thurman as the Bride in a yellow jumpsuit stands with a sword among defeated opponents in an action scene from Kill Bill: Volume 1.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt stand beside classic cars in a parking lot, DiCaprio in a brown leather jacket and Pitt in a denim jacket, in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Jamie Foxx as Django Freeman and Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz crouch on a grassy hillside, both in period Western clothing, in a scene from Django Unchained.
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Margaret Qualley as Pussycat holds hands with Lena Dunham as Gypsy while facing Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth outdoors in a sunlit, dusty lot, in a scene from Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.
Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace sits in a diner booth, wearing a white shirt and holding a cigarette, in a scene from the film Pulp Fiction.
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