American filmmaker and actor known for writing and directing Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Inglourious Basterds, with occasional screen acting appearances.
Background
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and raised in Los Angeles, Tarantino worked at the Video Archives store in Manhattan Beach before selling his first script for “True Romance.”
Career
He wrote and directed “Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Jackie Brown,” the “Kill Bill” pair, “Death Proof,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Django Unchained,” “The Hateful Eight,” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” As an actor he cast himself in supporting roles in his own films and appeared in Robert Rodriguez’s “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Destiny Turns on the Radio,” and the Letterman-style cameo “Sleep with Me.”
Style
Tarantino is closely identified with non-linear storytelling, encyclopedic film references, and ensemble dialogue, and his acting appearances tend to be character cameos rather than lead roles.
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