Quentin Tarantino is an American filmmaker, actor and author who has made ten feature films. He first began his career in the 1980s by directing and writing Love Birds In Bondage and writing, directing and starring in the black-and-white My Best Friend's Birthday, an amateur short film which was never officially released. He impersonated musician Elvis Presley in a small role in the sitcom The Golden Girls (1988), and briefly appeared in Eddie Presley (1992). As an independent filmmaker, he directed, wrote, and appeared in the violent crime thriller Reservoir Dogs (1992), which tells the story of six strangers brought together for a jewelry heist. Proving to be Tarantino's breakthrough film, it was named the greatest independent film of all time by Empire. Tarantino's screenplay for Tony Scott's True Romance (1993) was nominated for a Saturn Award. Also in 1993, he served as an executive producer for Killing Zoe.

In 1994, Tarantino wrote and directed the neo-noir black comedy Pulp Fiction, a major critical and commercial success. Cited in the media as a defining film of modern Hollywood, the film earned Tarantino an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a Best Director nomination. The following year, Tarantino directed The Man from Hollywood, one of the four segments of the anthology film Four Rooms, and an episode of ER, entitled "Motherhood". He wrote Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk till Dawn (1996)—one of the many collaborations between them—which attained cult status and spawned several sequels, in which they served as executive producers. Tarantino's next directorial ventures Jackie Brown (1997) and Kill Bill (2003–2004) were met with critical acclaim. The latter, a two-part martial arts film (Volume 1 and Volume 2, follows a former assassin seeking revenge on her ex-colleagues who attempted to kill her.

Tarantino's direction of "Grave Danger", a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode, garnered him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series nomination. He directed a scene in Frank Miller and Rodriguez's Sin City (2005). Tarantino and Rodriguez later collaborated in the double feature Grindhouse (2007), Tarantino directed the segment Death Proof. He next penned and directed the war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), a fictionalized account of the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. The critically and commercially successful film earned Tarantino two nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards—Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. His greatest commercial success came with the 2012 Western film Django Unchained, which is about a slave revolt in the Antebellum South. Earning $426.1million worldwide, it won him another Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Tarantino then wrote and directed another commercially successful Western film, The Hateful Eight (2015), whose screenplay was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. In April 2014, he held a staged reading of a leaked early draft of The Hateful Eight at Los Angeles County Museum of Art's theatre at Ace Hotel. He wrote and directed the 2019 drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which follows a fading actor and his stunt double as they navigate 1969 Hollywood. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In 2026, he wrote and directed the play The Popinjay Cavalier, which is set to debut at the Phoenix Theatre in 2027.

Film Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 1992 Reservoir Dogs 1994 Pulp Fiction Story co-written with Roger Avary 1997 Jackie Brown Adapted from the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard 2003 Kill Bill: Volume 1 Premiered as one film, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, in 2004 2004 Kill Bill: Volume 2 2007 Death Proof Also cinematographer 2009 Inglourious Basterds 2012 Django Unchained 2015 The Hateful Eight 2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Short films Year Title Director Writer Producer Other Notes 1986 Love Birds In Bondage Unfinished short filmAlso editor and co-directed with Scott Magill 1987 My Best Friend's Birthday Unfinished feature filmAlso editor and screenplay co-written with Craig Hamann Maximum Potential Exercise videoproduction assistant 1991 Reservoir Dogs: Sundance Institute 1991 June Film Lab Also cinematographer and editorSundance Institute short film 1995 The Man from Hollywood Segment from Four Rooms 2005 The Big Fat Kill Segment from Sin CityDirected scene of Dwight McCarthy driving to the tar pits 2025 The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge Animated adaptation of cut scene from Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Writer or producer only Year Title Writer Producer Notes 1991 Past Midnight Rewrite 1993 True Romance 1994 It's Pat Rewrite Natural Born Killers Screenplay rewritten by Oliver Stone, David Veloz, and Richard Rutowski 1995 Crimson Tide Rewrite 1996 From Dusk till Dawn Story written by Robert Kurtzman The Rock Rewrite 2001 Iron Monkey American release only 2007 Planet Terror 2026 The Projectionist The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth Post-production

Executive producer only Year Title Notes 1993 Killing Zoe 1996 Curdled 1998 God Said Ha! 1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money "Presented by"Direct-to-video From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter 2002 Hero "Presented by" "Quentin Tarantino Holds Out for HERO" (March 15, 2004). Fangoria. Retrieved/archived from Fangoria.com, February 8, 2006.Holson, Laura M. (August 10, 2004). "Disney in Talks On Independence For a Weinstein." The New York Times. Retrieved from NYTimes.com, September 26, 2018. 2004 My Name Is Modesty "Presented by"Direct-to-video 2005 The Protector "Presented by" Hostel Daltry Calhoun 2006 Freedom's Fury Documentary film 2007 Hostel: Part II "Presented by" 2008 Hell Ride 2012 The Man with the Iron Fists 2025 One Spoon of Chocolate

Acting roles and documentary appearances Year Title Role Notes 1986 Love Birds in Bondage Mickey Short film 1987 My Best Friend's Birthday Clarence Poole 1991 Reservoir Dogs: Sundance Institute 1991 June Film Lab Mr. White 1992 Reservoir Dogs Mr. Brown Eddie Presley Asylum attendant Cameo 1994 The Coriolis Effect Panhandle Slim Short film, voice cameo Pulp Fiction Jimmie Dimmick Somebody to Love Bartender Cameo Sleep with Me Sid 1995 Destiny Turns on the Radio Johnny Destiny Desperado Pick-up guy Dance Me to the End of Love Groom Music video Four Rooms Chester Rush Segment: "The Man from Hollywood" 1996 From Dusk till Dawn Richie Gecko Girl 6 Director #1 – NY Cameo 1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's Himself Documentary film Jackie Brown Answering Machine Uncredited voice cameo 1998 God Said Ha! Himself 2000 Little Nicky Deacon Cameo 2002 All the Love You Cannes! Himself Documentary film BaadAsssss Cinema 2003 Kill Bill: Volume 1 Crazy 88 member Uncredited cameo 2004 Double Dare Himself Documentary film Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Crazy 88 member Uncredited cameo Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession Himself Documentary film The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Documentary film 2005 The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Television film, cameo 2007 Death Proof Warren the Bartender Planet Terror Rapist #1 / Zombie eating road kill Cameos Sukiyaki Western Django Piringo Diary of the Dead Newsreader Voice cameo 2008 Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero Himself Documentary film Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild,Untold Story of Ozploitation! 2009 Inglourious Basterds First scalped Nazi / American GI Uncredited cameos 2011 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel Himself Documentary film POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Hollywood Don't Surf! Nightmare Factory Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis 2012 Django Unchained Robert (Bag Head #1) / Frankie Cameos 2014 One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film Himself Documentary film She's Funny That Way Cameo 2015 The Hateful Eight Narrator Uncredited voice cameo 2018 Friedkin Uncut Himself Documentary film What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael The Great Buster: A Celebration 2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Red Apple Cigarettes commercial director Uncredited voice cameo QT8: The First Eight Himself (archival footage) Documentary film 2020 Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth Himself 2021 Django & Django Ennio 2022 Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America 2023 Sly 2025 The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge Bill Short film, voice role 2026 Only What We Carry John Percy Robert Richardson: The White Devil Himself Documentary film TBA Tangled Up in Blue Post-production

Television Year Title Director Writer Executiveproducer Notes 1995 ER Episode: "Motherhood" 2004 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Episode: "Season 3, Episode 75" 2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Episodes: "Grave Danger: Volume 1" and "Grave Danger: Volume 2"Co-written with Anthony E. Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn, and Naren Shankar 2014–2016 From Dusk till Dawn: The Series Based on From Dusk till Dawn, 30 episodes 2015–2016 #15SecondScare 14 episodes 2019 The Hateful Eight: Extended Version 4 episodes

Acting roles Year Title Role Notes 1988 The Golden Girls Elvis Presley impersonator Episode: "Sophia's Wedding: Part 1" 1995 All-American Girl Desmond Winocki Episode: "Pulp Sitcom" Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Quentin Tarantino / The Smashing Pumpkins"Also performer: "I'll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind" 2002, 2004 Alias McKenas Cole 4 episodes 2005 Duck Dodgers Master Moloch (voice) Episode: "Master & Disaster" 2015–2016 #15SecondScare Himself (judge) 14 episodes 2019 The Hateful Eight: Extended Version Narrator (voice) 4 episodes 2022 Super Pumped Narrator (voice) 7 episodes

Reception +Year FilmRotten Tomatoes MetacriticBudgetBox office1992Reservoir Dogs90% (81 reviews)81% (24 reviews)$1.2 million$2,942,2251994Pulp Fiction 92% (184 reviews)95% (27 reviews)$8.5 million$213,928,7621997Jackie Brown88% (98 reviews)62% (23 reviews)$12 million $39,697,3082003Kill Bill: Volume 185% (236 reviews)69% (43 reviews)$30 million$180,908,413 2004Kill Bill: Volume 284% (246 reviews)83% (41 reviews)$30 million $154,116,796Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair100% (37 reviews)95% (12 reviews)$60 million $13,249,8062007Death Proof67% (45 reviews)77% (36 reviews)$30 million $31,126,4212009Inglourious Basterds89% (333 reviews)69% (36 reviews)$70 million $321,461,1712012Django Unchained 87% (296 reviews)81% (42 reviews)$100 million$426,079,0052015The Hateful Eight 74% (333 reviews)68% (51 reviews)$62 million $161,217,6162019Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 86% (581 reviews)84% (62 reviews)$96 million$409,434,480

Video games Year Title Writer Actor Notes 1996 Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair Role: Jack Cavello 2001 From Dusk Till Dawn Based on the film of the same name written by Tarantino 2006 Reservoir Dogs Based on the film of the same name written and directed by Tarantino

Stage Year Title Director Writer Actor Placepremiered Notes 1998 Wait Until Dark Brooks Atkinson Theatre Role: Harry Roat Jr. 2014 The Hateful Eight Live Reading Theatre at Ace Hotel Role: Narrator 2027 The Popinjay Cavalier Phoenix Theatre

See also Quentin Tarantino's unrealized projects Tarantinoesque film

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