The famous Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American filmmaker, film critic, author, and actor. His films are characterized by frequent references to popular culture and film genres, non-linear storylines, dark humor, stylized violence, extended dialogue, the pervasive use of profanity, cameos, and ensemble casts.
In 2003, Tarantino directed Kill Bill: Volume 1, inspired by the traditions of martial arts films; it was followed by Volume 2 in 2004. He then made the exploitation slasher Death Proof (2007), part of a double feature with Robert Rodriguez, released under the collective title Grindhouse. His next film Inglourious Basterds (2009) told an alternate history with the war film genre.
He followed this with Django Unchained (2012), a slave revenge Spaghetti Western, which won him his second Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Tarantino’s eighth film, The Hateful Eight (2015), was a revisionist Western thriller and opened to audiences with a roadshow release. His most recent film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), is a comedy-drama set in the late 1960s about the transition from Old Hollywood to New Hollywood. A novelization of the film was also published in 2021, becoming his debut novel.
What is Quentin Tarantino’s race?
He is of Cherokee and Irish ancestry through his mother; his father is of Italian descent. He was named in part after Quint Asper, Burt Reynolds’s character in the TV series Gunsmoke. Tarantino’s mother met his father during a trip to Los Angeles.
