Quentin Tarantino is one of the very famous film makers in Hollywood. He was born on 27 March 1963. in Knoxville, Tennesse, USA. His full name is Quentin Jerome Tarantino. This 6.'1” tall film maker is fondly called as QT. He is a famous personality who won the Icon of the Decade Award in 2005 at the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards.
Quentin Tarantino first directed a film ‘Reservoir Dogs’ in the year 1992. This film earned him recognition in the Sundance Film Festival. He was also the script writer of this film. The film was very successful and the director became a legend in England and other parts of the UK. After 2 years from the release of this film Quentin Tarantino directed another film ‘Pulp Fiction’. The movie was premiered in the famous Cannes Film Festival. In this famous film festival the film won the famous Palme D'Or' Award as well.
The movie Pulp Fiction got the nomination in many categories for the Oscar. This film was nominated for Oscar in the Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and the Best Picture categories. But at last Quentin Tarantino along with his writer Roger Avary received the Best Original Screenplay Award. In the year 1995, Quentin Tarantino directed a part of an anthology called the ‘Four Rooms’, a very popular collection. The co-auteurs of the director were Allison Anders, Robert Rodriguez and
Alexandre Rockwell.
The film was released in the USA on the day of Christmas. The next feature film directed by Quentin Tarantino is ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’, which was released in the year 1996. The movie is two bank robbers, who were absconding after the bank robbery. They sneaked into Mexico in search of a safe harbor.
‘Jackie Brown’ is yet another film directed by Quentin Tarantino. This movie is actually an adaptation from Rum Punch, a novel written by Elmore Leonard. The film is starred by Pam Grier, a popular actor. In fact, the movie is actually a tribute to the genre of blaxploitation films. In the year 1988, the director was attracted towards Broadway stage and acted in ‘Wait Until Dark’. Yet another movie by Tarantino is ‘Inglorious Bastards’, which is based on World War II.
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Another movie based on revenge was Kill Bill, which was released in two volumes. Quentin directed Grindhouse along with help of Rodriguez, which released in theatres on April 6, 2007. Like his other period movies and revenge flicks, his horror movies were equally like by people. Some of the popular horror flicks of Quentin Tarantino are Hell Ride, Hostel and Elmore Leonard’s Killshot.
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