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March 27, 1963

Quentin Jerome Tarantino

Actor

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Diary of the Dead (2007) (voice) (uncredited)

Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

Planet Terror (2007)

Death Proof (2007)

Grindhouse (2007)

Duck Dodgers (TV series) (1 episode, 2005)

Alias (TV series) (4 episodes, 2002-2004)

Little Nicky (2000)

Jackie Brown (1997) (voice) (uncredited)

Girl 6 (1996)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Dance Me to the End of Love (1995)

Four Rooms (1995)

Desperado (1995)

Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)

All American Girl (TV series) (1 episode, 1995)

Somebody to Love (1994)

Sleep with Me (1994)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

The Coriolis Effect (1994) (voice)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Eddie Presley (1992)

The Golden Girls (TV) (1 episode, 1998)

My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)

Producer

Coming Home (video short) (executive producer) (2011)

Machete (2010) (producer)

Hell Ride (2008) (executive producer)

Planet Terror (2007) (producer)

Hostel: Part II (2007) (executive producer)

Death Proof (2007) (producer)

Grindhouse (2007) (producer)

Freedom's Fury (2006) (executive producer)

Daltry Calhoun (2005) (executive producer)

Hostel (2005) (executive producer)

My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004) (executive producer)

Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji: Tit Ma Lau (1993) (producer) (2001 release)

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) (executive producer)

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (executive producer)

God Said, 'Ha!' (1998) (executive producer)

Curdled (1996) (executive producer)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) (executive producer)

Four Rooms (1995) (executive producer)

Killing Zoe (1994) (executive producer)

Past Midnight (1991) (associate producer)

My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) (producer)

Writer

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Death Proof (2007)

Grindhouse (2007) (segment "Death Proof")

CSI (2 episodes, 2005)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Jackie Brown (1997)

Curdled (1996) (Gecko Brothers news report)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) (screenplay)

Dance Me to the End of Love (1995) (writer)

Four Rooms (1995) (segment "The Man From Hollywood")

Natural Born Killers (1994) (story)

Pulp Fiction (1994) (stories)

True Romance (1993)

Director

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Death Proof (2007)

Grindhouse (2007) (segment "Death Proof")

CSI (2 episodes, 2005)

Sin City(2005) (special guest director)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode, 2004)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Jackie Brown (1997)

Four Rooms (1995) (segment "The Man from Hollywood")

ER (1 episode, 1995)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)

Cinematographer

Death Proof (director of photography) (2007)

Grindhouse (segment "Death Proof") (2007)

Editor

My Best Friend's Birthday (short) (1987)

Appearances

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (TV documentary) (2011)

La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2011)

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (documentary) (2011)

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (documentary) (2011)

16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV documentary) (2011)

Gilles Jacob, l'arpenteur de la croisette (TV documentary) (2011)

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (TV special) (2010)

Golden Globes Red Carpet Live (TV movie) (2010)

The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special) (2010)

15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV special) (2010)

Hollywood Don't Surf! (documentary) (2010)

Untitled Greg MacGillivray Surfing Documentary (2010)

Live from Studio Five (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

The Orange British Academy Film Awards: Red Carpet (TV movie) (2010)

Tavis Smiley (TV series) (2 episodes, 2009-2010)

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (2010)

La noche de los Oscar (TV movie) (2010)

41st NAACP Image Awards (TV special) (2010)

Xposé (TV series) (2 episodes, 2009-2010)

The Jay Leno Show (TV series) (3 episodes, 2009-2010)

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV series) (2 episodes, 2009-2010)

Larry King Live (TV) (2 episodes, 2009)

Smap×Smap (TV series) (2 episodes, 2009)

MTV Live (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

Aamu-TV (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

Scream Awards 2009 (TV special) (2009)

Spike's Guys Choice (TV movie) (2009)

Parla con me (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

The Fabulous Picture Show (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

Breakfast (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

The 7PM Project (TV series) (1 episode, 2009)

Días de cine (TV series) (2 episodes, 2009)

Cinema 3 (TV series) (4 episodes, 1992-2009)

American Idol (TV series) (3 episodes, 2003-2009)

Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh (2008) (TV)

A Conversation with Enzo Castellari and Quentin Tarantino (2008)

Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)

Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero (2008)

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty (2008) (TV)

AFI's 10 Top 10 (2008) (TV)

2008 Asian Excellence Awards (2008) (TV)

66th Grand Prix of Monaco (2008) (TV)

Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series) (2 episodes, 2008-2009)

Movies Rock (2007) (TV)

The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz (2007) (TV)

NRJ 12: Scream Awards (2007) (TV)

Scream Awards 2007 (2007) (TV)

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series) (3 episodes, 2003-2009)

Eigo de shabera-night ((TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

ITV - Formula One (TV) (TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (TV) (TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards (2007) (TV)

Nyhetsmorgon (TV series) (3 episodes, 2007-2009)

L'hebdo cinéma (TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

CenterStage (TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

Granada Reports (TV series) (1 episode, 2007)

Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series) (4 episodes, 2004-2007

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series) (3 episodes, 2007-2010)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series) (10 episodes, 2003-2009)

Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series) (3 episodes, 2007-2009)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series) (7 episodes, 1997-2007

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series) (5 episodes, 1992-2007)

E! Live from the Red Carpet: The 2007 Grammy Awards (2007) (TV)

Manufacturing Dissent (2007)

The Hot Rods of Death Proof (2007)

Iconoclasts (TV)

Scream Awards 2006 (2006) (TV)

Space Top 10 Countdown (TV series) (1 episode, 2006)

50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV)

The Tyra Banks Show (2 episodes, 2006)

The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006) (TV)

2006 Asian Excellence Awards (2006) (TV)

Back to the Well: Clerks II (2006)

Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005)

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV)

Magacine (TV series) (1 episode, 2005)

The Blvd (2005)

2005 Taurus World Stunt Awards (2005) (TV)

Close-up (TV series) (1 episode, 2005)

Blood, Guts & Cleaning Supplies: The Making of 'The Janitor' (2005)

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (TV series) (1 episode, 2005)

2005 MTV Movie Awards (2005) (TV)

Make Your Own Damn Movie! (2005)

Sin City: The Premiere (2005) (TV)

Late Show with David Letterman (2 episodes, 2005-2009)

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) (TV)

Starz on the Set: Sin City (2005) (TV)

The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005) (TV)

The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005) (TV)

Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (2005) (TV)

Planet of the Pitts (2004)

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)

A Conversation with Quentin Tarantino & Scott Spiegel (2004)

'Pulp Fiction' on a Dime: A 10th Anniversary Retrospect (2004) (TV)

2004 MTV Movie Awards (2004) (TV)

Filmland (1 episode, 2005)

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV)

Tracks (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2005)

Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004) (TV)

4Pop (TV series documentary) (2 episodes, 2003-2004)

John Travolta: The Inside Story (2004) (TV)

Howard Stern (TV series) (3 episodes, 1998-2004)

On-Air with Ryan Seacrest (TV series) (1 episode, 2004)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (voice) (uncredited)

The Making of 'Kill Bill: Volume 2' (2004) (TV)

Double Dare (2004)

The 46th Annual Grammy Awards (2004) (TV)

Silenci? (TV series) (1 episode, 2004)

Celluloid Horror (2004)

Épreuves d'artistes (2004)

Charlotte Roche trifft... (TV series documentary) (2 episodes, 2003)

Rove Live (TV series) (2 episodes, 2003-2009)

Extra

The Charlie Rose Show (TV series) (7 episodes, 1994-2009)

The Making of 'Kill Bill' (2003) (TV)

Tinseltown TV (TV series) (1 episode, 2003)

2003 ABC World Stunt Awards (2003) (TV) (uncredited)

Extra (TV series) (1 episode, 2003)

Biography (TV series documentary) (2 episodes, 1999-2003)

The Class of '92 (2002)

Pulp Fiction: The Facts (2002)

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002)

Baadasssss Cinema (2002) (TV)

All the Love You Cannes! (2002)

Sundance 20 (2002)

Film Genre (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 2002)

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2001)

Die zehn Gebote der Kreativität (2001) (TV)

Music Behind the Scenes (2001) TV mini-series

Hollywood Goes to Hell (2000) (TV)

E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 1999)

Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 1999)

Forever Hollywood (1999) (TV)

Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business (1998) TV mini-series

Jackie Chan: My Story (1998)

Mundo VIP (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 1998)

God Said, 'Ha!' (1998)

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997) (uncredited)

Full Tilt Boogie (1997)

Caiga quien caiga (TV series) (1 episode, 1996)

Això no és tot! (TV series) (1 episode, 1996)

The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996)

The American Film Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood (1996) (TV)

Dennis Miller Live (TV series) (1 episode, 1996)

Saturday Night Live (TV series) (1 episode, 1995)

The Anatomy of Horror (1995) (TV)

The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995) (TV)

American Cinema (TV series documentary) (1 episode, 1995)

1995 MTV Movie Awards (1995) (TV)

Cinefile: Made in the USA (TV documentary) (1993)

Academy Awards

2010 Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Directing for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2010 Nominated Oscar Best Writing, Original Screenplay for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

1995 Won Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for: Pulp Fiction (1994). Shared with: Roger Avary

1995 Nominated Oscar Best Director for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Writing for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2005 Nominated Saturn Award Best Director for: Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

2005 Nominated Saturn Award Best Writer for: Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

2004 Nominated Saturn Award Best Director for: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

2004 Nominated Saturn Award Best Writing for: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

1996 Nominated Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor for: From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

1996 Nominated Saturn Award Best Writing for: From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

1994 Nominated Saturn Award Best Writing for: True Romance (1993)

Amanda Awards, Norway

2010 Nominated Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm) for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2004 Nominated Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm) for: Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

American Choreography Awards, USA

2004 Won American Choreography Award Outstanding Achievment in Choreography – Fight for: Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004). Shared with: Keith Adams, Sonny Chiba & Woo-ping Yuen. Tied with George Marshall Ruge for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

American Cinema Editors, USA

2007 Won Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award

Austin Film Critics Association

2009 Won Austin Film Critics Award Best Screenplay , Original for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Avignon Film Festival

1992 Won Prix Tournage USA for: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

BAFTA Awards

2010 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2010 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay – Original for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

1995 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay – Original for: Pulp Fiction (1994). Shared with: Roger Avary

1995 Nominated David Lean Award for Direction for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Berlin International Film Festival

1998 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear for: Jackie Brown (1997)

Blue Ribbon Awards

1995 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Foreign Language Film for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

1994 Won BSFC Award Best Director for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

1994 Won BSFC Award Best Screenplay for: Pulp Fiction (1994). Shared with: Roger Avary

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Won Critics Choice Award Best Screenplay, Original for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2010 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Cannes Film Festival

2009 Nominated Palme d'Or for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2007 Nominated Palme d'Or for: Death Proof (2007)

1994 Won Palme d'Or for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Capri, Hollywood

2008 Won Capri Legend Award

Casting Society of America, USA

2004 Won Career Achievement Award

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

2010 Won COFCA Award Best Screenplay – Original for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2nd place COFCA Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2009 Nominated CFCA Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2009 Nominated CFCA Award Best Screenplay, Original for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

1995 Won CFCA Award Best Director for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

1995 Won CFCA Award Best Screenplay for: Pulp Fiction (1994). Shared with: Roger Avary

Cinema Audio Society, USA

2006 Won Filmmaker Award

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

2010 Won Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) for: Inglourious Basterds (2009) USA/Germany

Cinemanila International Film Festival

2007 Won Lifetime Achievement Award

Csapnivalo Awards

2000 Won Golden Slate Best Screenplay for: Jackie Brown (1997)

Czech Lions

2006 Nominated Czech Lion Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film) for: Sin City (2005). Shared with: Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez USA

César Awards, France

2011 Won Honorary César
1995 Nominated César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

DVD Exclusive Awards

2003 Won Pioneer Award

2003 Nominated DVD Premiere Award Best Audio Commentary, Library Release for: True Romance (1993) for: the Unrated Director's Cut

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2009 Nominated DFWFCA Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

David di Donatello Awards

2010 Won David Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

1995 Won David Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Directors Guild of America, USA

2010 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

1995 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

2006 Nominated Edgar Best Television Episode Teleplay for: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000). Shared with: Anthony E. Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn & Naren Shankar (teleplay) for: episode "Grave Danger"

1995 Won Edgar Best Motion Picture for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Emmy Awards

2005 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) (CBS) for: episode "Grave Danger"

Empire Awards, UK

2010 Nominated Empire Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2005 Won Special Award "Icon of the Decade"

2005 Nominated Empire Award Best Director for: Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

2004 Won Empire Award Best Director for: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

European Film Awards

2003 Nominated Screen International Award for: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) USA

Fantasporto

1993 Nominated International Fantasy Film Award Best Film for: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

2010 Won FCCA Award Best Foreign Film - English Language for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Golden Globe Awards

2010 Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2010 Nominated Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

1995 Won Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

1995 Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Grammy Awards

2005 Nominated Grammy Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for: Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004). Shared with: "various artists"

Independent Spirit Awards

1995 Won Independent Spirit Award Best Director for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

1995 Won Independent Spirit Award Best Screenplay for: Pulp Fiction (1994). Shared with: Roger Avary

1993 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Director for: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

1993 Nominated Independent Spirit AwardBest First Feature for: Reservoir Dogs (1992). Shared with: Lawrence Bender (producer)

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2010 Won Silver Ribbon Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo) for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2004 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) for: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

1995 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

2010 Won KCFCC Award Best Screenplay – Original for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

1995 Won KCFCC Award Best Director for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Kinema Junpo Awards

1995 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Foreign Language Film Directorfor: Pulp Fiction (1994)

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2010 Won Dilys Powell Award

1995 Won ALFS Award Screenwriter of the Year for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

1995 Nominated ALFS Award Director of the Year for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

1994 Won ALFS Award Newcomer of the Year for: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1994 Won LAFCA Award Best Director for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

1994 Won LAFCA Award Best Screenplay for: Pulp Fiction (1994). Shared with: Roger Avary

National Board of Review Awards, USA

1994 Won NBR Award Best Director for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2010 3rd place NSFC Award Best Screenplay for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

1995 Won NSFC Award Best Director for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

1995 Won NSFC Award Best Screenplay for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2009 3rd place NYFCC Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2009 3rd place NYFCC Award Best Screenplay for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

1994 Won NYFCC Award Best Director for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

1994 Won NYFCC Award Best Screenplay for: Pulp Fiction (1994). Shared with: Roger Avary

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Won OFCS Award Best Screenplay, Original for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2010 Nominated OFCS Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2005 Nominated OFCS Award Best Screenplay, Original for: Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

2004 Nominated OFCS Award Best Director for: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

2004 Nominated OFCS AwardBest Screenplay, Original for: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2010 Won Sonny Bono Visionary Award

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2009 Won PFCS Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Provincetown International Film Festival

2008 Won Filmmaker on the Edge Award

Robert Festival

2010 Nominated Robert Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2009 Won SDFCS Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2009 Won SDFCS Award Best Screenplay, Original for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

2009 Won SFFCC Award Best Original Screenplay for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Sant Jordi Awards

2010 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2005 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004). Tied with 2046 (2004)

Satellite Awards

2004 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Screenplay, Original for: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003). Shared with: Uma Thurman

ShoWest Convention, USA

2007 Won ShoWest Award Director of the Year Shared with: Robert Rodriguez

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

2003 Won Audience Award Best Feature Film for: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003). Tied with Zatoichi (2003)

1996 Won Time-Machine Honorary Award

1992 Won Best Director for: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

1992 Won Best Screenplay for: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

1992 Nominated Best Film for: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

1995 Won SEFCA Award Best Director for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Stockholm Film Festival

1994 Won Best Screenplay for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

1994 Won Bronze Horse for: Pulp Fiction (1994)

1994 Won Lifetime Achievement Award

1992 Won Bronze Horse for: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Sundance Film Festival

1992 Nominated Grand Jury Prize Dramatic for: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

TV Land Awards

2007 Nominated TV Land Award Favourite Elvis Impersonation for: "The Golden Girls" (1985)

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2009 Won TFCA Award Best Screenplay for: Inglourious Basterds (2009). Tied with Sheldon Turner and Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009)

2009 Nominated TFCA Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Toronto International Film Festival

1992 Won International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI) for: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

2010 Nominated VFCC Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2009 Won WAFCA Award Best Screenplay, Original for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2009 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Director for: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

World Stunt Awards

2005 Won Action Movie Director Award

Writers Guild of America, USA

2006 Nominated WGA Award (TV) Episodic Drama for: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000). Shared with: Anthony E. Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn & Naren Shankar (teleplay) for: episode "Grave Danger"

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Quentin Tarantino is the geek who inherited the earth. The video-shop worker who became cinema's boy wonder, Tarantino grabbed headlines and plaudits for his ability to turn the flotsam and jetsam of popular culture into compelling, almost arthouse fare.

In a mere five films he has created a unique style with fractured, achronological narratives, idiosyncratic and memorable dialogue - often about nothing to do with the plot - violence played for comedy as much as shock value and a telling use of forgotten actors and little-known pop songs. And let's not forget his foot fetich - close-ups of female feet abound in his work! Unlike the previous generation of filmmakers Quentin Tarantino didn't receive his training at film school; he served his apprenticeship watching films. Weaned on movies, television, comic books and rockabilly music, at the age of 22 Tarantino took a job at Californian movie-rental store Video Archives. As well as firing his imagination and providing an opportunity to make the short film My Best Friend's Birthday (1987), working in a video store also brought Tarantino into contact with various film-industry professionals who were struck by his knowledge and livewire energy. One such person was producer John Langley, a regular customer, who introduced Tarantino to fledgling producer Lawrence Bender. Their first project together would send a rocket through the film world.

Let's Go To Work

Tarantino originally conceived Reservoir Dogs, the script for which he developed at a Sundance workshop, as a 16-mm low-budget (US $35,000) heist movie. But when actor Harvey Keitel read the script and agreed to act as executive producer the film immediately gained kudos and credibility, leaping to a budget of US $1.3 million and attracting a hot group of young actors, including Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi and Michael Madsen. The finished film, the story of the aftermath of a bloody jewel theft, was a shot in the arm for the entire film industry, with Tarantino playing fast and loose with all kinds of conventions: it is a heist movie where you never actually see the heist; it is a film noir set in the blining Californian sunshine; and it is a genre movie where the characters forget about the plot to discuss the hidden meaning in Madonna's lyrics, the ethics of tipping and 1970s cop shows.

Dogs also became notorious for its violence, especially the scene in which violent psychopath Mr White (Madsen) tortures a kidnapped cop, resulting in an ear being sliced off with a cut-throat razor to the soundtrack of Stealers Wheel's 'Stuck in the Middle With You'. The film subsequently had a huge cultural impact, changing the face of the American independent film scene, spawning floods of imitators and adding phrases and images to the cultural lexicon.

The Prince Of Pulp

On the back of Reservoir Dogs Hollywood began to snap up his back catalogue of screenplays, including True Romance (1993), directed by Tony Scott, and Natural Born Killers (1994), directed by Oliver Stone. Both films feature couples on the run and plenty of violence.

It was during an extended stay in Europe promoting Reservoir Dogs that Tarantino landed on the idea for his next project. An anthology of crime stories inspired by the lurid tales in dime-store magazines and hardboiled detective novels, Pulp Fiction (1994) once again breathed new life into stock genre situations - the gangster taking out the mobster's wife, the boxer who has to take a fall, the assassin taking care of a hit. This he does by adding reality checks - famously a discussion about the European names of McDonald's products - criss-crossing the stories in a non-linear fashion and building up suspense, surprise, irony and tension.

Once again the film's violence caused controversy: at a showing at the New York Film Festival an audience member fainted during the scene where a hypodermic needle is plunged into Uma Thurman's chest. The film was also heavily criticized for its foul language, in particular the constant use of racial slurs. But it remains a rich, funny, thrilling tapestry of the LA underworld, fuelled by a dazzling array of quotations from other films as well as scenes that have subsequently been parodied in their own right - John Travolta and Uma Thurman's twist, for example, Pulp Ficton also revealed another string to Tarantino's bow, that of his skill in casting out-of-favour actors - Travolta and Bruce Willis both received career revivals on the back of it.

Tarantino won both the Palme d'Or at Cannes and an Oscar for Best Screenplay, and the movie earned US $200 million at the box office. He became an ever-present figure on the film scene, acting in cameos, co-directing anthology film Four Rooms (1995) and setting up a production and distribution company. For his long-awaited follow-up to Pulp Fiction he directed his first adaptation, Jackie Brown (1997), based on the Elmore Leonard crime novel Rum Punch. Those expecting a repeat of the fireworks of Pulp Fiction were disappointed. More subdued in both its gore and filmmaking style, Jackie Brown is a slow-moving, absorbing character study, and it once again showcased Tarantino's deftness with forgotten talents by casting Pam Grier and Robert Forster.

Exploitation King

Apart from the occasional foray into - poorly received - acting Tarantino took a break from both filmmaking and public life, firing rumours of writer's block. He returned with Kill Bill, a bloody valentine to the kung fu films he had wallowed in at Video Archives. The story, written with Uma Thurman in mind after the two had met up at the 2000 Academy Awards, follows a bride left for dead on her wedding day who swears violent revenge on her attackers. After the film grew in ambition and budget, production studio Miramax took the unusual decision to release the film in two parts - Vol. 1 is a riot of Tarantino chutzpah and brilliantly choreographed violence - the final bloodbath was turned black and white by the censors to tone down the impact - whereas Vol. 2 shows the action down for more considered character moments.

For his most recent film, Grindhouse (2007), a double-bill feature directed by Tarantino and friend Robert Rodriguez, Tarantino continued to pay homage to Z-grade entertainments. Tarantino's talk-driven episode, 'Death Proof', stars Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike, a crazed killer who gets his kicks by mowing women down in a black Chevrolet Nova. The experiment failed to communicate with audiences, however, with many patrons leaving after Rodriguez's 'Planet Terror' section. Tarantino's effort was subsequently released in its own right, but its commercial failure highlights an interesting crossroads in his career: if audiences have tired of his glorious revivals of film history, where does he gon next?

Tarantino's Universe

Tarantino often litters his films with characters, events, companies and brand names that work across his entire fictional universe. Michael Madsen's character in Reservoir Dogs, Vic Vega, is the brother of Pulp Fiction's Vincent Vega, played by John Travolta. Alabama, the heroine of True Romance, is name-checked in Reservoir Dogs. Cigarette brand Red Apple, fast-food joint Big Kahuna Burger and Fruit Brute - a real discontinued cereal - crop up in numerous Tarantino films.

Small-Screen Tarantino

For a high-profile movie director Tarantino has nver been afraid to reveal in his love of television by making episodes of his favorite shows. He has directed episodes of ER and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which included a live interment reminiscent of Kill Bill Vol. 2. He was slated to direct an episode of The X-Files, but not being a member of the Directors Guild of America he was prevented from doing so. However, the episode had been written with Tarantino in mind so has little in common with the tone and style of the rest of the series. As a performer he has appeared in Alias, hosted Saturday Night Live and was a judge on American Idol