Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American screenwriter, film director and actor. He rapidly rose to fame in the early 1990s as a stylish auteur whose bold use of nonlinear storylines, memorable dialogue, and bloody violence brought new life to familiar American film archetypes. His father was Italian and his mother was of mixed Irish and Native American descent.

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March 27 - 1963 - Knoxville, Tennessee - American - Screenwriter - Film director - Actor - 1990s - Auteur - Archetype - Italian - Irish - Native American

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He is the most famous of the young directors behind the independent film revolution of the 1990s, well-known for his public persona as a motor-mouthed, geeky hipster with an encyclopedic knowledge of both popular and art-house cinema.

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Independent film - 1990s - Hipster - Art-house

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