Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino, (1963— ). US film director and screenwriter, whose films are known for their violence and quirky black humour. Tarantino was raised in California and developed an early love of film; he wrote his first scripts while working in a video store. In 1993 he supplied the screenplay for True Romance, directed by Tony Scott. That same year he made his debut as a director with Reservoir Dogs, a brutal but witty crime drama that attracted huge publicity. Tarantino then consolidated his reputation as the most talked-about director of the decade with Pulp Fiction (1994), which won seven Oscar nominations and the Palme d’Or at Cannes. He also provided the original script of Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers (1994) but disowned the film in its final form.