Claim profile

Quentin Tarantino

American filmmaker and actor (born 1963)

  • Fame74.3
  • Momentum1.8
  • Directors rank#45
Claim profile
Source-basedStable
  • Fame74.3
  • Momentum1.8
  • Directors rank#45
  • Wikipedia424.2K
Born 1963 · age 63United States
United States flagUnited StatesDirectorsMovie Director

Verify ownership in 2 minutes. Keeps the profile accurate and discoverable.

  • Wikipedia
    108 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Age
    63
    Born 1963
  • Known for
    Pulp Fiction
    1994
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

He made ultra-violence stylish, profanity operatic, and pop-culture references a structural principle — then won Oscars for it. Two generations of filmmakers have tried to copy the Tarantino syntax; none have his ear for dialogue or his nerve.

Biography

About

Tarantino arrived in 1992 with Reservoir Dogs, an independent crime film that announced a new sensibility. Two years later Pulp Fiction won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and his first Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, turning a non-linear crime comedy-drama into a cultural reset. He wrote and starred in From Dusk till Dawn (1996), then directed Jackie Brown (1997) as homage to blaxploitation. The two-volume Kill Bill (2003–2004) plunged into martial arts; Death Proof (2007) was his half of the Grindhouse double feature with Robert Rodriguez. Inglourious Basterds (2009) rewrote World War I…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino
said
The harshest censorship is self-censorship.
— Cinema Speculation, pp. 118-119
Quentin Tarantino
said
I look at Death Proof and realize I had too much time.
— 18 May 2009 Q&A at hollywoodreporter.com
Quentin Tarantino
said
I write movies about mavericks, about people who break rules, and I don't like movies about people who are pulverised for being mavericks.
— 25 December 2003 Virgin.Net interview archived here
Quentin Tarantino
said
I don’t consider him a rapist. He didn’t rape a 13-year-old, it was statutory rape, all right? That’s not quite the same thing, all right?
— 19 November 2003 interview with Gary Garver and Howard Stern regarding Roman Polanski, transcription supplied 6 February 2018 here by
Quentin Tarantino
said
I've always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they're basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I'd make for you at home.
— 6 October 2003 BBC interview
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Deep cuts

Filmography

Low confidence
Deep cuts

TV credits

Low confidence
Deep cuts

Awards

Low confidence
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
  • Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
  • Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
  • Lumière Award, Lyon Festival of cinema
  • BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
  • Saturn Awards
  • Britannia Awards
Where to find them

Platforms

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
74.3
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum1.8
Historical39.3
Now attention4.7
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
—
Country rank
—
Category rank
#45
Receipts

Sources

  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence