Quentin Tarantino was born on March 27, 1963, in Knoxville, Tennessee. He always loathed school, choosing to spend his time watching movies or reading comics instead of studying. After dropping out of high school, Tarantino worked as an usher at a adult film theater. After this Tarantino eventually landed a job at Video Archives in Manhattan Beach, California. There he worked with Roger Avary who shared his passion for film. The two even worked on some script ideas together.
During his time at Video Archives, Tarantino worked on several screenplays, including True Romance and Natural Born Killers. He also landed a guest spot on the popular sitcom The Golden Girls, playing an Elvis impersonator. In 1990, Tarantino left Video Archives to work for Cinetel, a production company. Through one of the producers there, he was able to get his script for True Romance in the hands of director Tony Scott. Scott liked Tarantino's script, and bought the rights to it.
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His first real directing credit was Resivoir dogs in 1992, a film that Tarantino wrote the screenplay and that starred some big names such as, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, and Tarantino himself. In the same year Tarantino entered the film into the sundance film festival, audiences at Sundance were entranced by Reservoir Dogs, the ultra-violent crime caper gone wrong. He drew inspiration for the project from such classic heist films as Rififi and City on Fire. The independent film helped to make Tarantino one of the most talked-about figures in Hollywood. Interestingly,whilst the film was not a big hit in the United States, it became a popular title on video and did well overseas.
His next project was Pulp Fiction in 1994. It was both a commercial and critical success. In the United States, it earned over $108 million at the box office, becoming the first independent film to do so. Pulp Fiction won the prestigious Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994 and received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. For his work on the film, Tarantino took home the award for Best Original Screenplay.
overall, Tarantino's films have garnered both critical and commercial success. He has received many industry awards, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, the Palme d'Or, he has been nominated for an Emmy and a Grammy, and was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine in 2005. Filmmaker and historian Peter Bogdanovich has called Tarantino "the single most influential director of his generation".
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