He is known for being very excited about his movies in interviews. In 2007, Total Film named him the 12th greatest director of all time.

Tarantino's films have earned him Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Palme d'or Awards, and he has been nominated for Emmy and Grammy Awards as well. Roger Ebert once quipped that the store owner should get a finder's fee based on Tarantino's subsequent career. His films are characterized by elements including recurring actors, nonlinear storylines, stylized violence, Black Comedy, witty dialogue oft laced with pop culture references, Trunk Shots, close-ups on feet, especially women's bare feet (don't ask), and a volume of homages and Shout-Outs to other movies only attainable with an absurdly encyclopedic knowledge of film history.Īccording to legend, he learned everything he knows about filmmaking from watching old and obscure movies with his stepfather and working at a video rental store in Manhattan Beach. Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born Main Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor.

'When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, 'No, I went to films.''

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