Quentin Tarantino's Life

Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 27, 1963. In January of 1992, "Reservoir Dogs" appeared at the Sundance Film Festival, by first-time writer-director Quentin Tarantino. The film garnered critical acclaim and Tarantino became a legend immediately. 2 years later he followed up Dogs success with "Pulp Fiction" which premiered at the Cannes film festival, winning the coveted Palme D'Or Award. At the 1995 Academy Awards, it was nominated for the best picture, best director, and best original screenplay. Quentin and writing partner Roger Avary came away with the award only for best original screenplay. In 1995, Tarantino directed 1/4 of the anthology "Four Rooms" with friends and fellow auteurs, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodgriguez, and Allison Anders. The film opened on December 25th in the United States to very weak reviews. Quentin's next film was "From Dusk Till Dawn", a vampire/crime story which he wrote and co-starred with George Clooney. The film did fairly well theatrically. He is living and currently 49 years and 361 days old.