Quentin Tarantino, an American filmmaker and screenwriter, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1963.
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is a director, author, film critic, and actor from the United States. Nonlinear plots, dark humour, stylised violence, prolonged conversation, frequent use of profanity, ensemble casts, references to popular culture, alternate history, and neo-noir are all hallmarks of his works. Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Los Angeles. He began his career as an independent director in 1992 with the release of Reservoir Dogs, a criminal thriller partially funded by the sale of his script True Romance (1993); Empire named Reservoir Dogs the "Greatest Independent Film of All Time." His second film, Pulp Fiction (1994), a criminal comedy, was a critical and commercial triumph, winning multiple prizes, including the Palme d'Or and the Academy Award.
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