Director
Quentin Tarantino
Born 27 March 1963 · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Quentin Tarantino is an American director and screenwriter who emerged from the independent scene in the early 1990s. He is known for sharp dialogue, nonlinear storytelling, stylised violence and heavy references to genre films. His work helped define 1990s indie cinema and remains hugely influential.
Key films
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
His debut feature, a heist-gone-wrong drama that announced his style and launched his career.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Interlocking crime tales that won the Palme d'Or and reshaped independent and mainstream filmmaking.
Jackie Brown (1997)
A more restrained crime film adapted from Elmore Leonard, showing his range beyond his earlier work.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
A stylised revenge saga drawing on martial arts, samurai and exploitation cinema.
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
An alternate-history World War II film that earned major awards recognition, including an Oscar for Christoph Waltz.
Key awards
- 1994 Palme d'Or (Cannes) for Pulp Fiction
- 1995 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Pulp Fiction
- 1995 Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for Pulp Fiction
- 2013 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Django Unchained
- 2013 Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for Django Unchained
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 118
- 1989Vegetables · as QuentinActor
- 1991Reservoir DogsDirector
- 1991Reservoir Dogs · as Mr. WhiteActor
- 1992Reservoir DogsDirector
- 1992Reservoir Dogs · as Mr. BrownActor
- 1993Eddie Presley · as Asylum AttendantActor
- 1994Pulp Fiction · as Jimmie DimmickActor
- 1994Pulp FictionDirector
- 1994Sleep with Me · as SidActor
- 1994Somebody to Love · as BartenderActor
- 1994The Coriolis Effect · as Panhandle Slim (voice)Actor
- 1994Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder · as SelfActor
- 1994You Talkin' to Me? · as SelfActor
- 1995Desperado · as Pick-Up GuyActor
- 1995Four Rooms · as ChesterActor
- 1995Four RoomsDirector
- 1995Destiny Turns on the Radio · as DestinyActor
- 1996From Dusk Till Dawn · as Richard GeckoActor
- 1996Curdled · as Ritchie Gecko (Archival Photo) (uncredited)Actor
- 1996Girl 6 · as Director #1 - NYActor
- 1996The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera · as SelfActor
- 1997Jackie Brown · as Answering Machine (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1997Jackie BrownDirector
- 1998Full Tilt Boogie · as SelfActor
- 1998God Said, 'Ha!' · as SelfActor
- 1998Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's · as SelfActor
- 1998Kisses in the Dark · as Panhandle Slim (voice) (The Coriolis Effect)Actor
- 1999Forever Hollywood · as SelfActor
- 2000Little Nicky · as DeaconActor
- 2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone · as SelfActor
- 2002BaadAsssss Cinema · as SelfActor
- 2002All the Love You Cannes! · as SelfActor
- 2002Jackie Brown: How It Went Down · as SelfActor
- 2002Heart of the Festival · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002Pulp Fiction: The Facts · as SelfActor
- 2002Sundance 20 · as SelfActor
- 2002Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes MontagesActor
- 2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1Director
- 2003The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1' · as SelfActor
- 2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2 · as Director's voice (uncredited)Actor
- 2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2Director
- 2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing · as SelfActor
- 2004Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession · as SelfActor
- 2004Double Dare · as SelfActor
- 2004The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' · as SelfActor
- 2004Celluloid Horror · as SelfActor
- 2004John Travolta: The Inside Story · as SelfActor
- 2004Mario Bava: Operazione paura · as SelfActor
- 2005The Muppets' Wizard of Oz · as Self - Kermit's DirectorActor
- 2005Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That · as SelfActor
- 2005Reservoir Dogs Revisited · as (archive)Actor
- 2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2006Back to the Well: 'Clerks II' · as SelfActor
- 2006Hostel Dissected · as SelfActor
- 200650 Films to See Before You Die · as SelfActor
- 2007Death ProofDirector
- 2007Death Proof · as WarrenActor
- 2007Planet Terror · as Rapist #1Actor
- 2007GrindhouseDirector
- 2007Grindhouse · as Warren (segment "Death Proof") / Rapist #1 (segment "Planet Terror")Actor
- 2007Diary of the Dead · as Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 2007Sukiyaki Western Django · as RingoActor
- 2007Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema · as SelfActor
- 2008Not Quite Hollywood · as SelfActor
- 2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX · as SelfActor
- 2009Inglourious BasterdsDirector
- 2009Inglourious Basterds · as First Scalped Nazi / American Soldier in 'Pride of Nation' (uncredited)Actor
- 2010Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures · as SelfActor
- 2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairDirector
- 2011POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold · as SelfActor
- 2011Corman's World · as Self - FilmmakerActor
- 2011Nightmare Factory · as SelfActor
- 2011Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis · as SelfActor
- 2012Django UnchainedDirector
- 2012Django Unchained · as The LeQuint Dickey Mining Co. EmployeeActor
- 201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief · as SelfActor
- 2013Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking · as SelfActor
- 2013I Tarantiniani · as SelfActor
- 2014One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film · as SelfActor
- 2015The Hateful EightDirector
- 2015The Hateful Eight · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 2015She's Funny That Way · as Quentin TarantinoActor
- 2015The Legend of the Palme d'Or · as SelfActor
- 2015A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson · as SelfActor
- 2016The Artist's Adventures · as SelfActor
- 2016Morricone & Tarantino at Abbey Road Studios · as SelfActor
- 2017John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Plankton Salesmen · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2018The Great Buster: A Celebration · as SelfActor
- 2018Friedkin Uncut · as SelfActor
- 2018Why Are We Creative? · as SelfActor
- 2019Once Upon a Time... in HollywoodDirector
- 2019Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood · as Red Apple Ad Director (uncredited) (voice)Actor
- 2019QT8: The First Eight · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2019What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael · as SelfActor
- 2020Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth · as SelfActor
- 2020A Love Letter To Making Movies · as SelfActor
- 2021Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained · as Self - FilmmakerActor
- 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend · as SelfActor
- 2021We Are Cinema · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Ennio · as SelfActor
- 2022Halftime · as SelfActor
- 2022Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America · as SelfActor
- 2022Michael Cimino, God Bless America · as SelfActor
- 2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective · as SelfActor
- 2022Shoot to Live · as SelfActor
- 2022Splice Here: A Projected OdysseyActor
- 2022Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber · as Tarantino (voice)Actor
- 2023Sly · as SelfActor
- 2023The Moviemakers: Tarantino · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2023Burt Reynolds: The Last Interview · as SelfActor
- 2025The Lost Chapter: Yuki's RevengeDirector
- 2025The Lost Chapter: Yuki's Revenge · as Bill (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 2025When We Went MAD! · as SelfActor
- 2025Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet · as SelfActor
- 2026Robert Richardson: The White Devil · as SelfActor
- 2026Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce DernActor
- 2026Only What We Carry · as John PercyActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.