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| name               = Quentin Tarantino
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| caption            = Tarantino in 2015
| birth_name         = Quentin Jerome Tarantino
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1963|3|27}}
| birth_place        = [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], US<!-- Per [[MOS:U.S.]], "the use or non-use of periods (full stops) should also be consistent with other country abbreviations in the same article (thus 'the US, UK, and USSR', not 'the U.S., UK, and USSR')." -->
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| years_active       = 1987–present
| works              = {{hlist|[[Quentin Tarantino filmography|Filmography]]|[[Quentin Tarantino's unrealized projects|unrealized]]}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|Daniella Pick|2018}}
| children           = 2<!-- Don't add children's names here due to privacy rules -->
| relatives = [[Svika Pick]] (father-in-law)
| father             = [[Tony Tarantino]]
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Quentin Tarantino|Full list]]
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'''Quentin Jerome Tarantino''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|ær|ən|'|t|iː|n|oʊ}}; born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author. [[Quentin Tarantino filmography|His films]] are characterized by [[graphic violence]], extended dialogue often featuring much [[profanity]], and references to [[popular culture]]. His work has earned a [[cult following]] alongside critical and commercial success; he has been named by some as the most influential director of his generation and has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Quentin Tarantino|numerous awards and nominations]], including two [[Academy Awards]], two [[BAFTA Awards]], and four [[Golden Globe Awards]]. His films have grossed more than $1.9 billion worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-star-records/worldwide/lifetime-specific-technical-role/director |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105142841/https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-star-records/worldwide/lifetime-specific-technical-role/director |archive-date=January 5, 2025|publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=April 5, 2025}}</ref>

Tarantino began his career with the [[independent film|independent]] crime film ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' (1992). His second film, the crime comedy-drama ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' (1994), was a major success and won numerous awards, including the [[Cannes Film Festival]]'s {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}} and the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]]. He next wrote and starred in the action horror film ''[[From Dusk till Dawn]]'' (1996). His third film as director, ''[[Jackie Brown]]'' (1997), paid homage to [[blaxploitation]] films.

Tarantino wrote and directed the martial arts films ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1]]'' (2003) and ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]]'' (2004), with both volumes combined regarded as a single film. He then made the [[exploitation film|exploitation]]-[[slasher film|slasher]] film ''[[Death Proof]]'' (2007), which was part of a [[double feature]] with ''From Dusk till Dawn'' director [[Robert Rodriguez]], released under the collective title ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]''. His next film, ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' (2009), followed an alternate account of [[World War II]]. He followed this with ''[[Django Unchained]]'' (2012), a slave revenge [[Spaghetti Western]] which won him his second Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His eighth film, ''[[The Hateful Eight]]'' (2015), was a [[revisionist Western]] thriller and opened to audiences with a [[Roadshow theatrical release|roadshow release]].

Tarantino's ninth and most recent film, ''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]'' (2019), was a comedy-drama set in the late 1960s about the transition of [[Classical Hollywood cinema|Old Hollywood]] to [[New Hollywood]]; his debut novel, a [[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (novel)|novelization of the film]], was published in 2021. He has said that, though it is not definite, his current plan is for his next film to be his last before he retires.

== Early life ==
Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], on March 27, 1963,<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|title=Quentin Tarantino Biography|date=September 23, 2020 |publisher=[[Biography.com]]|url=https://www.biography.com/filmmaker/quentin-tarantino|access-date=January 15, 2021|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210115202046/https://www.biography.com/filmmaker/quentin-tarantino|url-status=live}}</ref> the only child of Connie McHugh and aspiring actor [[Tony Tarantino]], who left the family before his son's birth.<ref name="aalbc2">{{cite web |title=Quentin Tarantino – The 'Inglourious Basterds' Interview |url=https://aalbc.com/reviews/quentin_tarantino.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210115203616/https://aalbc.com/reviews/quentin_tarantino.htm |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=March 28, 2019 |publisher=African American Literature Book Club}}</ref> He has claimed to have [[Cherokee descent|Cherokee ancestry]] through his mother, who was also of Irish descent, while his father was Italian-American.<ref name="aalbc2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Jeffrey |date=September 1, 2009 |title=Hollywood's Jewish Avenger |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/09/hollywoods-jewish-avenger/307619/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828085255/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/09/hollywoods-jewish-avenger/307619/ |archive-date=August 28, 2022 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US}}</ref> He was named in part after Quint Asper, [[Burt Reynolds]]'s character in the TV series ''[[Gunsmoke]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Labrecque |first1=Jeff |date=December 31, 2015 |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Hateful Eight interview |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/12/31/quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-interview/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=Meredith Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122183213/https://ew.com/article/2015/12/31/quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-interview/ |archive-date=November 22, 2016 |access-date=April 19, 2020 |quote=His mother named him, in part, after Quint Asper, Burt Reynolds's character in ''Gunsmoke''...}}</ref> Tarantino's mother met his father during a trip to [[Los Angeles]]; after a brief marriage and divorce, she left Los Angeles and moved to Knoxville, where her parents lived, and returned to Los Angeles with her son in 1966.<ref>{{cite web |last=Allan |first=Samuel |date=July 26, 2019 |title=how tarantino's love of l.a. led to 'once upon a time in hollywood' |url=https://i-d.co/article/how-quentin-tarantinos-love-of-los-angeles-golden-age-led-to-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804081727/https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/kzm4a9/how-quentin-tarantinos-love-of-los-angeles-golden-age-led-to-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |website=[[i-D]] |quote=Quentin Tarantino moved to Los Angeles at the age of three.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Michael |date=July 24, 2019 |title=Inspiring Writing Lessons from the Greats: Quentin Tarantino |url=https://thescriptlab.com/features/screenwriting-101/11890-inspiring-writing-lessons-from-the-greats-quentin-tarantino/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806190045/https://thescriptlab.com/features/screenwriting-101/11890-inspiring-writing-lessons-from-the-greats-quentin-tarantino/ |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |publisher=The Script Lab}}</ref>

Tarantino's mother married musician Curtis Zastoupil soon after arriving in Los Angeles, and the family moved to nearby [[Torrance, California]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=D.K. |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Pocket Essential Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Summersdale Publishers |isbn=978-1-84839-866-5 |pages=24–5}}</ref><ref name="BBC-faces2">{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Andrew |date=May 14, 2004 |title=Faces of the week – Quentin Tarantino |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3712013.stm |url-status=live |access-date=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918020236/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3712013.stm |archive-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref> Zastoupil accompanied Tarantino to numerous film screenings while his mother allowed him to see more mature movies, such as ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]'' (1971) and ''[[Deliverance]]'' (1972). After his mother divorced Zastoupil in 1973 and received a misdiagnosis of [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]], Tarantino was again sent to live with his grandparents in Knoxville. Less than a year later, he returned to Torrance.<ref name=":22">{{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=D.K. |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Pocket Essential Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Summersdale Publishers |isbn=978-1-84839-866-5 |pages=26–7}}</ref><ref name="knoxnews2">{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Chuck |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Knoxville-native director Tarantino works hometown into films |work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/2017/03/27/knoxville-native-director-quentin-tarantino-works-hometown-into-his-films/99712840/ |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704023028/https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/2017/03/27/knoxville-native-director-quentin-tarantino-works-hometown-into-his-films/99712840/?from=new-cookie |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |quote=...Tarantino returned to Knoxville for a brief while, attending fifth grade in South Clinton.}}</ref>

At the age of 14, Tarantino wrote one of his earliest works, a screenplay called ''Captain Peachfuzz and the Anchovy Bandit'' that was based on the 1977 film ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]''. He later revealed that his mother had ridiculed his writing skills when he was younger, and he subsequently vowed never to share any of his future wealth with her.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hibberd |first=James |date=August 9, 2021 |title=Quentin Tarantino Vowed to Never Give His Mom 'a Penny' Due to Childhood Insult: 'No House for You!' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-mom-money-1234994873/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008124314/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-mom-money-1234994873/ |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |access-date=October 8, 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> As a 15-year-old, he was grounded by his mother for shoplifting [[Elmore Leonard]]'s novel ''The Switch'' from a [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]]. He was allowed to leave only to attend the Torrance Community Theater, where he participated in such plays as ''Two Plus Two Makes Sex'' and ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.<ref name=":22" /> The same year, he dropped out of [[Narbonne High School]] in [[Harbor City, Los Angeles|Harbor City]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Quentin Tarantino: 'Inglourious' Child Of Cinema |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=121969155 |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921153056/https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=121969155 |archive-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name="BI-SchoolDroupout2">{{cite news |last1=Giang |first1=Vivian |date=May 20, 2013 |title=10 Wildly Successful People Who Dropped Out Of High School |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/successful-people-who-dropped-out-of-high-school-2013-5?op=1 |url-status=live |access-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403224715/https://www.businessinsider.com/successful-people-who-dropped-out-of-high-school-2013-5?op=1 |archive-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref>

== Career ==
===1980–1989: Early jobs and screenplays===
Through the 1980s, Tarantino had a number of jobs. After lying about his age, he worked as an [[Usher (occupation)|usher]] at an [[adult movie theater]] in Torrance, called the [[Pussycat Theater]]. He spent time as a recruiter in the [[aerospace manufacturer|aerospace industry]], and for five years he worked at [[Video Archives]], a video store in [[Manhattan Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Pocket Essential Guide |last1=Holm |first1=D.K. |date=2004 |publisher=Summersdale Publishers |isbn=978-1-84839-866-5 |pages=27–8}}</ref><ref name="IGNFF-Strong">{{cite news |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/05/19/an-interview-with-danny-strong?page=1 |title=An Interview with Danny Strong |first=Ken |last=P. |date=May 19, 2003 |work=[[IGN]] |access-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728200116/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/05/19/an-interview-with-danny-strong?page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was well known in the local community for his film knowledge and video recommendations; Tarantino stated, "When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, 'No, I went to films."<ref>{{cite web|last=Webb|first=Daisy|date=December 26, 2019|title=Iconic directors who avoided the classroom|url=https://filmdaily.co/craft/directors-who-swerved-the-classroom/|access-date=September 24, 2020|website=Film Daily News|language=en-US|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210115204022/https://filmdaily.co/craft/directors-who-swerved-the-classroom/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Actor [[Danny Strong]] describes Tarantino as "such a movie buff. He had so much knowledge of films that he would try to get people to watch really cool movies."<ref name="IGNFF-Strong" />
}} In 1986, Tarantino was employed in his first Hollywood job, working with Video Archives colleague [[Roger Avary]], as [[production assistant]]s on [[Dolph Lundgren]]'s exercise video, ''Maximum Potential''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dolph-ultimate.com/dolph-in/maximum2.html |title=Maximum Potential |website=DOLPH :: the ultimate guide for |publisher=Jérémie D. |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=October 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021224404/http://www.dolph-ultimate.com/dolph-in/maximum2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Before working at Video Archives, Tarantino co-wrote ''Love Birds In Bondage'' with Scott Magill. Tarantino would go on to produce and direct the short film. Magill committed suicide in 1987, after which all film shot was destroyed.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rife|first=Katherine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xV9YAQAAQBAJ&dq=love+birds+in+bondage+quentin+tarantino&pg=PT14|page=14|title=If You Like Quentin Tarantino...: Here Are Over 200 Films, TV Shows, and Other Oddities That You Will Love|publisher=Limelight Editions|date=October 1, 2012|access-date=March 9, 2022|isbn=9780879103996|via=[[Google Books]]|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312234614/https://books.google.com/books?id=xV9YAQAAQBAJ&dq=love+birds+in+bondage+quentin+tarantino&pg=PT14|url-status=live}}</ref> Later, Tarantino attended acting classes at the [[James Best]] Theatre Company, where he met several of his eventual collaborators for his next film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livingmgz.com/glamour/the-man-the-myth-the-legend-quentin-tarantino/7.html?br_t=ch&fab=1|title=The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Quentin Tarantino|website=Living Magazine|date=July 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120132329/https://www.livingmgz.com/glamour/the-man-the-myth-the-legend-quentin-tarantino/13.html?br_t=ch|archive-date=November 20, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/quentin-tarantino-after-sandy-hook-has-america-lost-its-appetite-blood-and-guts-8448649.html|title=Quentin Tarantino: after Sandy Hook, has America lost its appetite for blood and guts?|date=January 11, 2013|first=John|last=Walsh|website=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120132422/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/quentin-tarantino-after-sandy-hook-has-america-lost-its-appetite-blood-and-guts-8448649.html|archive-date=November 20, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref>{{efn|While at James Best, Tarantino also met Craig Hamann, with whom he would collaborate to produce his second film in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trainwreckdsociety.com/2020/02/03/craig-hamann-interview/|title=Craig Hamann [Interview]|date=February 3, 2020|website=Trainwreck'd Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924045346/https://trainwreckdsociety.com/2020/02/03/craig-hamann-interview/|archive-date=September 24, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref><ref name="IFH">{{cite web|last=Ferrari|first=Alex|date=November 5, 2016|title=Quentin Tarantino's Unreleased Feature Film: My Best Friend's Birthday|url=https://www.indiefilmhustle.com/quentin-tarantino/|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=Indie Film Hustle|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213225/https://indiefilmhustle.com/quentin-tarantino/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} In 1987, Tarantino co-wrote and directed ''[[My Best Friend's Birthday]]'' (1987). It was left uncompleted, but some of its dialogue was included in ''[[True Romance]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brevet |first=Brad |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/587142-read-quentin-tarantinos-first-produced-screenplay-best-friends-birthday |title=Read Quentin Tarantino's First Produced Screenplay for 'My Best Friend's Birthday' |website=ComingSoon.net |date=January 1, 2014 |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213636/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/587142-read-quentin-tarantinos-first-produced-screenplay-best-friends-birthday |url-status=live }}</ref>

The following year, he played an [[Elvis impersonator]] in "Sophia's Wedding: Part 1", an episode in the [[The Golden Girls (season 4)|fourth season]] of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', which was broadcast on November 19, 1988.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.avclub.com/hey-let-s-remember-the-time-quentin-tarantino-was-on-g-1798259532 |title=Hey, let's remember the time Quentin Tarantino was on Golden Girls |last=Neilan |first=Dan |work=News |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921115013/https://news.avclub.com/hey-let-s-remember-the-time-quentin-tarantino-was-on-g-1798259532 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino recalled that the pay he received for the part helped support him during the preproduction of ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''; he estimated he was initially paid about $650 but went on to receive about $3,000 in [[Residual (entertainment industry)|residuals]] over three years because the episode was frequently rerun due to it being on a "best of..." lineup.<ref>{{Cite AV media|title= Quentin Tarantino Reveals How The Golden Girls Helped Get Reservoir Dogs Made|work=[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]|date=January 8, 2020|medium=[[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqR7iDUU1lk&feature=youtu.be |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/UqR7iDUU1lk| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=January 19, 2021}}{{cbignore}} [https://archive.org/details/quentin-tarantino-reveals-how-the-golden-girls-helped-get-reservoir-dogs-made Alt URL]</ref>

=== 1990–1999: Breakthrough and acclaim ===
[[File:Rodriguez and Tarantino, 2007.jpg|thumb|Tarantino has had a number of collaborations with director [[Robert Rodriguez]].|alt=Tarantino has had a number of collaborations with director Robert Rodriguez]]
After meeting [[Lawrence Bender]] at a friend's barbecue, Tarantino discussed with him about an unwritten dialogue-driven [[heist film]]. Bender encouraged Tarantino to write the screenplay, which he wrote in three and a half weeks and presented to Bender unformatted. Impressed with the script, Bender managed to forward it through contacts to director [[Monte Hellman]].<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=D.K. |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Pocket Essential Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Summersdale Publishers |isbn=978-1-84839-866-5 |pages=26–7}}</ref> Hellman cleaned up the screenplay and helped secure funding from [[Richard N. Gladstein]] at Live Entertainment (which later became Artisan, now known as [[Lionsgate]]).<ref>{{cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |title=A Film Maker and the Art of the Deal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/22/movies/a-film-maker-and-the-art-of-the-deal.html |work=The New York Times |date=September 22, 1994 |access-date=September 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709114430/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/22/movies/a-film-maker-and-the-art-of-the-deal.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harvey Keitel]] read the script and also contributed to the budget, taking a role as co-producer and also playing a major part in the picture. In January 1992, it was released as Tarantino's crime thriller ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''—which he wrote, directed, and acted in as Mr. Brown—and screened at the [[Sundance Film Festival]]. The film was an immediate hit, receiving a positive response from critics.<ref>Keitel heard of the script through his wife, who had attended a class with Lawrence Bender (see ''Reservoir Dogs'' special edition DVD commentary).</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mark |first=Seal |title=The Making of Pulp Fiction: Quentin Tarantino's and the Cast's Retelling |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/03/making-of-pulp-fiction-oral-history |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=February 13, 2013 |access-date=September 19, 2022 |archive-date=December 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220202306/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/03/making-of-pulp-fiction-oral-history |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino's screenplay ''True Romance'' was [[option (filmmaking)|optioned]] and the film was eventually released in 1993. The second script that Tarantino sold was for the film ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'', which was revised by Dave Veloz, Richard Rutowski and director [[Oliver Stone]]. Tarantino was given story credit and stated in an interview that he wished the film well, but later disowned the final film.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fuller |first=Graham |editor=Peary, Gerald |title=Quentin Tarantino: Interviews |year=1998 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-57806-051-1 |pages=57–59 |chapter=Graham Fuller/1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10372875/Quentin-Tarantino-planet-Earth-couldnt-handle-my-serial-killer-movie.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10372875/Quentin-Tarantino-planet-Earth-couldnt-handle-my-serial-killer-movie.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Quentin Tarantino: planet Earth couldn't handle my serial killer movie |first=Telegraph Reporters and |last=AFP |date=October 11, 2013 |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Tarantino also did an uncredited rewrite on ''[[It's Pat]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite news |last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin |title=Weird Trivia: Quentin Tarantino Did An Uncredited Rewrite On 'It's Pat' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/04/weird-trivia-quentin-tarantino-did-an-uncredited-rewrite-on-its-pat-87243/ |work=IndieWire |date=April 10, 2014 |language=en |access-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216164005/http://www.indiewire.com/2014/04/weird-trivia-quentin-tarantino-did-an-uncredited-rewrite-on-its-pat-87243/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Margy |last=Rochlin |title=Playboy November '94: 20 Questions |url=https://thenewbev.com/quentin-news/playboy-94-20-questions/ |website=thenewbev.com |date=November 1994 |language=en |access-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904055042/https://thenewbev.com/quentin-news/playboy-94-20-questions|url-status=live }}</ref> Other films where he was an uncredited screenwriter include ''[[Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]'' (1995) and ''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]'' (1996).<ref name="QT">{{cite book |first=Gerald |last=Peary |title=Quentin Tarantino Interviews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5SdiFJmswcC |series=[[Conversations with Filmmakers Series]] |date=August 1998 |access-date=August 3, 2008 |publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] |isbn=978-1-57806-050-4 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5SdiFJmswcC&q=Tarantino+Crimson&pg=PR18 |page=xviii |archive-date=April 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430092429/https://books.google.com/books?id=c5SdiFJmswcC |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following the success of ''Reservoir Dogs'', Tarantino was approached by [[major film studios]] and offered projects that included ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'' (1994) and ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'' (1997), but he instead retreated to [[Amsterdam]] to work on his script for ''Pulp Fiction''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/men-black-movies-hidden-secrets-facts-trivia/5/?v=8 |title=Quentin Tarantino and John Landis Turned Down The Chance To Direct Men In Black |website=[[Screen Rant]] |first=Jeff |last=Rindskopf |date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=October 26, 2018 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027061549/https://screenrant.com/men-black-movies-hidden-secrets-facts-trivia/5/?v=8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021942/bio |title=Quentin Tarantino Biography |publisher=Yahoo Movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113131712/https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021942/bio |archive-date=January 13, 2012|url-status=dead |access-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref> Tarantino wrote, directed, and acted in the dark comedy crime film ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' in 1994,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=March 14, 2023 |title=Quentin Tarantino's Final Film Is Coming as Filmmaker Readies 'The Movie Critic' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-sets-the-movie-critic-final-movie-1235351260/ |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314235931/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-sets-the-movie-critic-final-movie-1235351260/ |url-status=live }}</ref> maintaining the graphic depiction of violence from his earlier film as well as the [[Nonlinear narrative|non-linear]] storylines. Tarantino received the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]], which he shared with Roger Avary, who contributed to the story. He also received a nomination in the [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] category. The film received another five nominations, including for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. Tarantino also won the {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}} for the film at the [[1994 Cannes Film Festival]]. The film grossed over $200 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pulpfiction.htm |title=Pulp Fiction (1994) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207135149/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pulpfiction.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and earned positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pulp_fiction/ |title=Pulp Fiction (1994) |date=October 14, 1994 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=December 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205154937/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pulp_fiction/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/pulp-fiction |title=Pulp Fiction Reviews |publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive. |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=August 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817014829/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/pulp-fiction |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1995, Tarantino participated in the anthology film ''[[Four Rooms]]'', a collaboration that also included directors Robert Rodriguez, [[Allison Anders]] and Alexandre Rockwell. Tarantino directed and acted in the fourth segment of "The Man from Hollywood", a tribute to the ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' episode "[[Man from the South]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/f/four_rooms.html|title=Four Rooms review|author=James Berardinelli|date=December 25, 1995|publisher=[[ReelViews]]|access-date=February 11, 2012|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210172055/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/f/four_rooms.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/four-rooms-1995|title=Four Rooms movie review & film summary (1995) &#124; Roger Ebert|access-date=May 12, 2021|archive-date=December 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208090821/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/four-rooms-1995|url-status=live}}</ref> He joined Rodriguez again later in the year with a supporting role in ''[[Desperado (film)|Desperado]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/desperadorhowe_c029f7.htm |title=Desperado |last=Howe |first=Desson |date=August 25, 1995 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816185053/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/desperadorhowe_c029f7.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Desperado |last= Ebert |first= Roger |author-link= Roger Ebert |url= http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/desperado-1995 |work= [[The Chicago Sun-Times]] |date= August 25, 1995 |access-date= February 4, 2015 |archive-date= February 4, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150204150107/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/desperado-1995 |url-status= live }}</ref> One of Tarantino's first paid writing assignments was for ''[[From Dusk till Dawn]]'', which Rodriguez directed later in 1996, re-teaming with Tarantino in another acting role, alongside Harvey Keitel, [[George Clooney]] and [[Juliette Lewis]].<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news | last = Ebert | first = Roger | title = ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date = January 19, 1996 | url = http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960119/REVIEWS/809249998 | access-date = September 30, 2009 | archive-date = June 6, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606141609/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19960119%2FREVIEWS%2F809249998 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog – From Dusk till Dawn|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60333-FROM-DUSKTILLDAWN?sid=2df8eb44-d82f-4eeb-a342-6c951b36848e&sr=7.7541475&cp=1&pos=1|access-date=September 15, 2020|website=AFI|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213133/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60333-FROM-DUSKTILLDAWN?sid=2df8eb44-d82f-4eeb-a342-6c951b36848e&sr=7.7541475&cp=1&pos=1|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|[[Robert Kurtzman]] hired Tarantino to write the script for ''From Dusk till Dawn'' in exchange for the make-up effects on ''Reservoir Dogs''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://backwoodshorror.com/robert-kurtzman-interview/ |title=» ROBERT KURTZMAN INTERVIEW |website=backwoodshorror.com |access-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820110935/http://backwoodshorror.com/robert-kurtzman-interview/ |archive-date=August 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vh1.com/news/9vqjvh/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-from-dusk-till-dawn |title=20 Things You Didn't Know About From Dusk Till Dawn |access-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624045830/http://www.vh1.com/news/237424/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-from-dusk-till-dawn/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} His third feature film was ''[[Jackie Brown]]'' (1997), an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel ''[[Rum Punch]]''. A homage to [[blaxploitation]] films, it starred [[Pam Grier]], who starred in many of the films of that genre in the 1970s. It received positive reviews and was called a "comeback" for Grier and co-star [[Robert Forster]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackie_brown/ |title=''Jackie Brown'' Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Flixster |work=Rotten Tomatoes |date=December 25, 1997 |access-date=March 16, 2010 |archive-date=March 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310091915/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackie_brown/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Leonard considered ''Jackie Brown'' to be his favorite of the 26 different screen adaptations of his novels and short stories.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jul/31/booksforchildrenandteenagers.elmoreleonard |title=Detroit spinner |work=[[The Guardian]] |last1=Hudson |first1=Jeff |date=July 30, 2004 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401134012/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jul/31/booksforchildrenandteenagers.elmoreleonard |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1990s, Tarantino had a number of other minor acting roles, including in ''[[Eddie Presley]]'' (1992),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/quentin-tarantino-surprise-movies-its-pat-the-rock-true-romance-1201865600/ |title=Quentin Tarantino's 9 Strangest and Most Surprising Movie Projects |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=August 22, 2017 |work=IndieWire |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921114710/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/quentin-tarantino-surprise-movies-its-pat-the-rock-true-romance-1201865600/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Coriolis Effect]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/518980/the-coriolis-effect |title=Coriolis Effect, The (1994) – Overview – TCM.com |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921114736/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/518980/Coriolis-Effect-The/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Sleep with Me|Sleep With Me]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/how-did-top-gun-become-so-gay/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/how-did-top-gun-become-so-gay/ |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=How did Top Gun become so gay? |last=Simpson |first=Mark |date=May 12, 2016 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |access-date=September 21, 2018 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="festival-cannes.com2">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2998/year/1994.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Sleep with Me |work=festival-cannes.com |access-date=August 31, 2009 |archive-date=October 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005173432/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2998/year/1994.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Somebody to Love (1994 film)|Somebody to Love]]'' (1994),<ref name="vari">{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/somebody-to-love-1200438629/ |title=Review: 'Somebody to Love' |last=Derek Elley |date=September 12, 1994 |newspaper=Variety |access-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-date=October 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025002941/http://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/somebody-to-love-1200438629/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[All-American Girl (TV series)|All-American Girl]]'' (1995), ''[[Destiny Turns on the Radio]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/28/movies/film-review-hipness-to-the-nth-degree-in-a-candy-colored-world.html |title=Film Review; Hipness to the Nth Degree In a Candy-Colored World |first=Janet |last=Maslin |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=April 28, 1995 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 12, 2018 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192235/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/28/movies/film-review-hipness-to-the-nth-degree-in-a-candy-colored-world.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Girl 6]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/11/tarantino-says-hell-never-work-w-spike-lee-calls-him-contemptible-says-he-has-2-more-films-before-retirement-135512/ |title=Tarantino Says He'll Never Work w/ Spike Lee, Calls Him Contemptible + Says He Has 2 More Films Before Retirement |last=Obenson |first=Tambay A. |date=November 23, 2015 |work=IndieWire |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915154922/https://www.indiewire.com/2015/11/tarantino-says-hell-never-work-w-spike-lee-calls-him-contemptible-says-he-has-2-more-films-before-retirement-135512/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in 1996, he starred in ''[[Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair]]'', a simulation video game that uses pre-generated film clips.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifc.com/2011/06/steven-spielberg-directors-cha |title=Remembering When Steven Spielberg Wanted To Create A Universal Film School With Quentin Tarantino – IFC |date=June 6, 2011 |website=Ifc.com |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-date=April 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429045748/http://www.ifc.com/2011/06/steven-spielberg-directors-cha |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1998, Tarantino made his major [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] stage debut as an amoral psycho killer in a revival of the 1966 play ''[[Wait Until Dark]]'', which received unfavorable reviews for his performance from critics.<ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Lefkowitz|title=Tarantino-Tomei Wait Until Dark Opens on B'way Apr. 5|url=https://playbill.com/article/tarantino-tomei-wait-until-dark-opens-on-bway-apr-5-com-74474|work=Playbill|date=April 5, 1998|access-date=December 1, 2022|archive-date=December 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201035038/https://playbill.com/article/tarantino-tomei-wait-until-dark-opens-on-bway-apr-5-com-74474|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Biskind |first=Peter |title=The Return of Quentin Tarantino |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/10/tarantino200310 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=October 14, 2003 |access-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204221046/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/10/tarantino200310 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2000–2009: Subsequent success ===
[[File:Quentin Tarantino (Berlin Film Festival 2009) 2 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|{{center|Tarantino in 2009}}|alt=Tarantino in 2009]]
Tarantino went on to write and direct ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1|Kill Bill]]'', a highly stylized "revenge flick" in the cinematic traditions of [[Wuxia|Chinese martial arts films]], [[Jidaigeki|Japanese period dramas]], [[Spaghetti Western]]s, and [[poliziotteschi|Italian horror]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://whatculture.com/film/quentin-tarantino-definitive-guide.php/28|title=Quentin Tarantino: Definitive Guide To Homages, Influences And References|website=WhatCulture.com|access-date=March 13, 2016|archive-date=February 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216080427/http://whatculture.com/film/quentin-tarantino-definitive-guide.php/28|url-status=live}}</ref> It was based on a character called [[The Bride (Kill Bill)|The Bride]] and a plot that he and ''Kill Bill''{{'}}s lead actress [[Uma Thurman]] had developed during the making of ''Pulp Fiction''.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 8, 2020|title=How did Tarantino and Uma Thurman Conceive 'The Bride'|url=https://nofilmschool.com/tarantino-the-bride|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=No Film School|language=en|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027201426/https://nofilmschool.com/tarantino-the-bride|url-status=live}}</ref> It was originally set for a single theatrical release, but its four-hour running time prompted Tarantino to divide it into two movies.<ref name="JRE">{{cite web|date=June 29, 2021|title=#1675 Quentin Tarantino|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cdu4y60lq6QXyUbhMpVWH|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=Joe Rogan Experience|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629170221/https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cdu4y60lq6QXyUbhMpVWH|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|1:02:10}} Tarantino says he still considers it a single film in his overall filmography.<ref name="JRE" />{{rp|1:23:35}} ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1|Volume 1]]'' was released in 2003 and ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2|Volume 2]]'' was released in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kill Bill: Vol. 1 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2103215617/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928044838/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2103215617/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kill Bill: Vol. 2 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2119992833/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811083451/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=killbill2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 2002 to 2004, Tarantino portrayed villain [[McKenas Cole]] in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifc.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantinos-best-and-worst-acting-roles |title=A Guide To Quentin Tarantino's Best And Worst Acting Roles |date=August 18, 2015 |publisher=[[IFC (American TV channel)|IFC]] |access-date=December 28, 2015 |archive-date=March 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302053633/http://www.ifc.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantinos-best-and-worst-acting-roles |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2004, Tarantino attended the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]], where he served as president of the jury.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tarantino to head Cannes jury |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/feb/16/festivals.quentintarantino |access-date=April 19, 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=February 16, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912221437/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/feb/16/festivals.quentintarantino |archive-date=September 12, 2014}}</ref> ''Volume 2'' of ''Kill Bill'' had a screening there, but was not in competition.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pulver |first=Andrew |title=The Tarantino effect at Cannes 2004 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/may/12/cannes2004.cannesfilmfestival1 |work=the Guardian |date=May 12, 2004 |language=en |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009054230/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/may/12/cannes2004.cannesfilmfestival1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino then contributed to Robert Rodriguez's 2005 [[neo-noir]] film ''[[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]'', and was credited as "Special Guest Director" for his work directing the car sequence featuring [[Clive Owen]] and [[Benicio del Toro]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Original sin wets streets of 'Sin City' |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sin-city-2005 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304051716/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sin-city-2005 |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |date=March 31, 2015}}</ref> In May 2005, Tarantino co-wrote and directed "[[Grave Danger]]", the [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 5)|fifth season]] finale of ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''. For this episode, Tarantino was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]] at the [[57th Primetime Emmy Awards]].<ref>[http://emmys.com/news/mischa-barton-matthew-fox-debra-messing-william-petersen-and-quentin-tarantino-confirmed 57TH ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS Awards Broadcast Live From Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium on September 18 on the CBS Television Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921120332/http://www.emmys.com/news/mischa-barton-matthew-fox-debra-messing-william-petersen-and-quentin-tarantino-confirmed |date=September 21, 2018 }}. Emmys.com (August 22, 2005). Retrieved on July 2, 2015.</ref>

[[File:Quentin Tarantino Django 2.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Tarantino at the French premiere of ''Django Unchained'' in January 2013|alt=Tarantino at the French premiere of Django Unchained on January 7, 2013]]
In 2007, Tarantino directed the [[exploitation film|exploitation]] [[slasher film]] ''[[Death Proof]]''. Released as a take on 1970s [[double feature]]s, under the banner ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]'', it was co-directed with Rodriguez who did the other feature which was the [[body horror]] film ''[[Planet Terror]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Nashawaty |first1=Chris |title=Hungry zombies! A psychopath in a killer car! It's ''Grindhouse''! |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/03/27/hungry-zombies-psychopath-killer-car-its-grindhouse/ |access-date=April 19, 2020 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]] |date=March 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402233445/https://ew.com/article/2007/03/27/hungry-zombies-psychopath-killer-car-its-grindhouse/ |archive-date=April 2, 2019}}</ref> Box-office sales were low but the film garnered mostly positive reviews.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Brandon |title='Grindhouse' Dilapidated Over Easter Weekend |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed376964100/ |access-date=April 19, 2020 |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher=[[IMDb]] |date=April 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031005137/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed376964100/?ref_=bo_at_a |archive-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Grindhouse |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grindhouse |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=April 6, 2007 |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324192553/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grindhouse |archive-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref>

Tarantino's film ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', released in 2009, is the story of a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers in [[Nazism|Nazi]]-occupied France in an alternate history of [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Inglourious Basterds movie review (2009) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/inglourious-basterds-2009 |website=rogerebert.com |date=August 19, 2009 |language=en |access-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-date=January 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128082217/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090819%2FREVIEWS%2F908199995 |url-status=live }}</ref> He had planned to start work on the film after ''Jackie Brown'' but postponed this to make ''Kill Bill'' after a meeting with Uma Thurman.<ref name=NYT1>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/movies/tarantino-behind-the-camera-in-beijing.html |title=Tarantino Behind the Camera in Beijing |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Rick |last=Lyman |date=September 5, 2002 |access-date=January 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602054248/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/movies/tarantino-behind-the-camera-in-beijing.html |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Filming began on "''Inglorious Bastards''", as it was provisionally titled, in October 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/script-reviews-for-quentin-tarantinos-inglorious-bastards-hit-web/ |title=Script Reviews for Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards Hit Web! "Masterpiece" is the Buzz Word |last=Stephenson |first=Hunter |date=July 9, 2008 |publisher=[[SlashFilm]] |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921114625/https://www.slashfilm.com/script-reviews-for-quentin-tarantinos-inglorious-bastards-hit-web/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film opened in August 2009 to positive reviews with the highest box office gross in the US and Canada for the weekend on release.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inglourious_basterds/ |title=Inglourious Basterds (2009) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |date=August 21, 2009 |access-date=March 2, 2010 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213147/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inglourious_basterds |url-status=live }}</ref> For the film, Tarantino received his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.<ref>{{cite news |last=Child |first=Ben |title=Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds dominates Critics' Choice awards |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/dec/15/tarantino-inglourious-basterds-critics-choice |work=The Guardian |date=December 15, 2009 |language=en |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928052559/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/dec/15/tarantino-inglourious-basterds-critics-choice |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2010–present: Established auteur ===
[[File:LACMA The Hateful Eight Live Reading.jpg|thumb|left|''[[The Hateful Eight]]'' live reading at the [[Ace Hotel Los Angeles]] in April 2014|alt=The Hateful Eight Live Reading at the Ace Hotel Los Angeles, as part of LACMA's Live Read on April 19, 2014]]
In 2011, production began on ''[[Django Unchained]]'', a film about the revenge of a former [[Slavery in the United States|slave]] in the [[Southern United States]] in 1858. The film stemmed from Tarantino's desire to produce a [[Spaghetti Western]] set in America's [[Deep South]] during the [[Antebellum South|Antebellum Period]]. Tarantino called the proposed style "a southern",<ref name="flop" /> stating that he wanted "to do movies that deal with America's horrible past with slavery and stuff but do them like spaghetti westerns, not like big issue movies. I want to do them like they're genre films, but they deal with everything that America has never dealt with because it's ashamed of it, and other countries don't really deal with because they don't feel they have the right to".<ref name="flop">{{cite news |title=Quentin Tarantino: I'm proud of my flop |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3664742/Quentin-Tarantino-Im-proud-of-my-flop.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113045314/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2007%2F04%2F27%2Fbfquentin27.xml&page=1 |archive-date=November 13, 2007 |date=April 27, 2007 |first=John |last=Hiscock |access-date=January 25, 2022 }}</ref> It was released in December 2012 and became his highest grossing film to date.<ref>{{cite web |title=Django Unchained |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3662644737/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-date=June 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627212801/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=djangounchained.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McGinley |first=Rhys |title=Quentin Tarantino's Movies Ranked By Gross (According To Box Office Mojo) |url=https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantinos-movies-ranked-by-box-office-gross-according-to-box-office-mojo/ |website=ScreenRant |date=December 14, 2019 |access-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929042507/https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantinos-movies-ranked-by-box-office-gross-according-to-box-office-mojo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also received his second Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Sean |title=How Quentin Tarantino Can Make History On Oscar Night |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2488194/how-quentin-tarantino-can-make-history-on-oscar-night |website=CInemaBlend |language=en |date=January 13, 2020 |access-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930042557/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2488194/how-quentin-tarantino-can-make-history-on-oscar-night |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2013, Tarantino said he was working on a new film and that it would be another Western, though not a sequel to ''Django Unchained''.<ref name=Nextfilm>{{cite web |title=Tarantino Reveals Plans For Next Movie |url=https://tv.yahoo.com/nighttime/tarantino-reveals-plans-next-movie-091643390.html |publisher=Yahoo: Nighttime in No Time |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=November 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130014257/http://tv.yahoo.com/nighttime/tarantino-reveals-plans-next-movie-091643390.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On January 11, 2014, it was revealed that the film would be titled ''[[The Hateful Eight]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |title=Quentin Tarantino's New Movie Sets Title, Begins Casting |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantinos-new-movie-sets-668946/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 11, 2014 |access-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123041558/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantinos-new-movie-sets-668946/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The script was then leaked in January 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moviethatmatters.com/quentin-tarantino-plans-to-axe-hateful-eight-after-the-script-leaked/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130054554/http://www.moviethatmatters.com/quentin-tarantino-plans-to-axe-hateful-eight-after-the-script-leaked/ |archive-date=January 30, 2014 |title=Quentin Tarantino Plans to drop 'Hateful Eight' after the Script Leaked |date=January 22, 2014 |access-date=August 29, 2014 |publisher=Movies that Matter}}</ref> Aggrieved by the breach of confidence, Tarantino considered abandoning the production which was due to start the next winter and publish it as a novel instead.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-leak-novel-669066/ |title=Quentin Tarantino Shelves 'The Hateful Eight' After Betrayal Results In Script Leak |date=January 21, 2014 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808000317/http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-leak-novel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He stated that he had given the script to a few trusted colleagues, including [[Bruce Dern]], [[Tim Roth]] and [[Michael Madsen]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/quentin-tarantino-sues-gawker-over-hateful-eight-script-leak-1.2513071 |publisher=CBC News |title=Quentin Tarantino sues Gawker over Hateful Eight script leak |date=January 21, 2014 |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203144922/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/quentin-tarantino-sues-gawker-over-hateful-eight-script-leak-1.2513071 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gettell |first1=Oliver |title=Quentin Tarantino mothballs 'Hateful Eight' after script leak |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-postponed-script-leak-20140122-story.html |date=January 22, 2014 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 27, 2014 |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404130103/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-postponed-script-leak-20140122-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
On April 19, 2014, Tarantino directed a live reading of the leaked script at the United Artists Theater in the [[Ace Hotel Los Angeles]] for the ''[[Live Read]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Premiere of a Staged Reading by Quentin Tarantino: The Hateful Eight |url=http://www.lacma.org/event/staged-reading-quentin-tarantino |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427130408/http://www.lacma.org/event/staged-reading-quentin-tarantino |archive-date=April 27, 2014 |date=April 19, 2014 |access-date=August 29, 2014}}</ref> Tarantino explained that they would read the first draft of the script, and added that he was writing two new drafts with a different ending.<ref name=Tarantino_Live_Read>{{cite web |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |title=Tarantino's 'Hateful Eight' Live-Read Reveals Script Still Developing |url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/tarantinos-hateful-eight-live-read-reveals-script-still-developing/ |access-date=January 27, 2014 |work=FirstShowing.net |date=April 21, 2014 |archive-date=April 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424045517/http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/tarantinos-hateful-eight-live-read-reveals-script-still-developing/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Filming went ahead as planned with the new draft in January 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Andy |title=Making of 'Hateful Eight': How Tarantino Braved Sub-Zero Weather and a Stolen Screener |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-hateful-eight-how-tarantino-852099/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 7, 2016 |access-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123041559/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-hateful-eight-how-tarantino-852099/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Hateful Eight'' was released on December 25, 2015, as a [[Roadshow theatrical release|roadshow presentation]] in [[70 mm film]]-format theaters, before being released in digital theaters on December 30, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hateful-eight-getting-nationwide-release-848435/ |title= 'The Hateful Eight's' Nationwide Release Date Changes Again |work= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date= December 14, 2015 |access-date= January 25, 2022 |archive-date= January 25, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220125164319/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hateful-eight-getting-nationwide-release-848435/ |url-status= live }}</ref> The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hateful_eight/ |title=The Hateful Eight reviews |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=December 25, 2015 |archive-date=May 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513014518/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hateful_eight |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Tarantino and Robbie at 2019 Cannes (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|180px|Tarantino with [[Margot Robbie]] at the [[2019 Cannes Film Festival]]|alt=Tarantino with Margot Robbie at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival]]
In July 2017, it was reported that Tarantino's next project would be a film about the [[Manson Family]] murders.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/07/11/quentin_tarantino_s_next_movie_will_be_about_the_manson_family.html |title=Quentin Tarantino's Next Movie Will Be About the Manson Family |last=Dessem |first=Matthew |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=July 11, 2017 |access-date=January 20, 2018 |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003131459/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/07/11/quentin_tarantino_s_next_movie_will_be_about_the_manson_family.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2018, it was announced that the film's title would be ''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]],'' and that [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] would play [[Rick Dalton]], a fictional star of television Westerns, with [[Brad Pitt]] as Dalton's longtime stunt double Cliff Booth; [[Margot Robbie]] would be playing real life actress [[Sharon Tate]], portrayed as Dalton's next-door neighbor.<ref name="Pitt&Leo">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/quentin-tarantino-brad-pitt-leonardo-dicaprio-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1202306448/ |title=Quentin Tarantino Taps Brad Pitt To Join Leonardo DiCaprio In 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=February 28, 2018 |access-date=February 28, 2018 |archive-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620171241/https://deadline.com/2018/02/quentin-tarantino-brad-pitt-leonardo-dicaprio-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1202306448/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Filming took place in the summer of 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/quentin-tarantino-manson-murders-movie-1202492881/ |title=Quentin Tarantino Developing Film About Manson Family Murders |last=Kroll |first=Justin |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=July 11, 2017 |access-date=January 20, 2018 |archive-date=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119140557/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/quentin-tarantino-manson-murders-movie-1202492881/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In wake of the [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations]], Tarantino severed ties to [[The Weinstein Company]] and [[Miramax]] and sought a new distributor after working with Weinstein for his entire career.<ref name="SonyWins">{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Quentin Tarantino Seeking New Movie Home: Studios Reading #9 This Week |url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/quentin-tarantino-new-home-studios-reading-number-9-harvey-weinstein-1202199806/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=November 8, 2017 |date=November 1, 2017 |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108094853/http://deadline.com/2017/11/quentin-tarantino-new-home-studios-reading-number-9-harvey-weinstein-1202199806/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

The film officially premiered at the [[2019 Cannes Film Festival]], where it was in competition for the {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/everything-we-know-about-quentin-tarantinos-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/ |title=Everything We Know About Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood |last=Flashner |first=Graham |date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506131426/http://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/everything-we-know-about-quentin-tarantinos-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sony Pictures]] eventually distributed the film, which was theatrically released in July 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |title=Quentin Tarantino's Manson Movie Shifts Off Sharon Tate Murder Anniversary Date |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/quentin-tarantinos-manson-movie-will-hit-theaters-two-weeks-early-1128206/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=January 25, 2022 |date=July 18, 2018 |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125164326/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/quentin-tarantinos-manson-movie-will-hit-theaters-two-weeks-early-1128206/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It received critical acclaim<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/once_upon_a_time_in_hollywood|title= Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood (2019)|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= April 25, 2024}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' declared, "Tarantino's all-star fantasia links Hollywood and Manson-era violence into the best and most explosive cinema we've seen all year."<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-movie-review-quentin-tarantino-861778/|title= 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Review: Tarantino's Violent Tinseltown Valentine|magazine= Rolling Stone|accessdate= April 25, 2024}}</ref> The film earned 10 [[Academy Award|Oscar]] nominations at the [[92nd Academy Awards]] including three for Tarantino for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2020-complete-list-nominees-updating-live-1267880/|title= Oscars: Full List of Nominations|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= January 13, 2020|accessdate= April 25, 2024}}</ref>

In November 2022, Tarantino revealed plans to shoot an eight-episode television series in 2023. No further details were provided.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=J. Kim |title=Quentin Tarantino Reveals Plans to Shoot an Eight-Episode TV Series Next Year |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/quentin-tarantino-tv-series-plans-cinema-speculation-1235435184/ |work=Variety |date=November 17, 2022 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117180309/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/quentin-tarantino-tv-series-plans-cinema-speculation-1235435184/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

==== Tenth and final film ====
In 2009, Tarantino said that he planned to retire from filmmaking when he is 60 to focus on writing novels and film literature. He is skeptical of the film industry going digital, saying, "If it actually gets to the place where you can't show [[35 mm movie film|35&nbsp;mm film]] in theaters anymore and everything is digital projection, I won't even make it to 60."<ref>{{cite web |last=Pappademas |first=Alex |title=Triumph of His Will |url=https://www.gq.com/story/quentin-tarantino-inglourious-basterds-alex-pappademas |website=GQ |date=July 1, 2009 |access-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904043236/https://www.gq.com/story/quentin-tarantino-inglourious-basterds-alex-pappademas |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a191697/tarantino-im-going-to-become-a-novelist.html |title=Tarantino: 'I'm going to become a novelist' |website=Digital Spy |date=December 16, 2009 |access-date=March 2, 2010 |archive-date=April 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402102720/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a191697/tarantino-im-going-to-become-a-novelist.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He said though "not etched in stone" he intends to retire after making his tenth movie: "If I get to the 10th, do a good job and don't screw it up, well that sounds like a good way to end the old career."<ref name="DL">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/11/quentin-tarantino-retirement-hateful-eight-international-release-1201280583/ |title=Quentin Tarantino On Retirement, Grand 70 MM Intl Plans For 'The Hateful Eight' |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=November 10, 2014 |access-date=February 18, 2016 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814102326/https://deadline.com/2014/11/quentin-tarantino-retirement-hateful-eight-international-release-1201280583/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2025, at the [[2025 Sundance Film Festival]], Tarantino said he was in "no hurry" to make his final film, preferring to wait at least a year, prioritizing to instead write a stage play.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/quentin-tarantino-direct-final-movie-no-hurry-1236288002/ |title=Quentin Tarantino in 'No Hurry' to Direct Final Movie; Pledges to Wait Until His Son Can Have Lifelong Memories on Set |first=Matt |last=Donnelly |website=Variety |date=January 27, 2025 |access-date=January 28, 2025}}</ref>

=== As a producer ===
Tarantino has used his Hollywood power to give smaller and foreign films more attention. These films are often labeled "Presented by Quentin Tarantino" or "Quentin Tarantino Presents". In 1995, Tarantino formed [[Rolling Thunder Pictures]] with Miramax to release or re-release several independent and foreign features. By 1997, Miramax had shut down the company due to poor sales.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://criterioncompletion.com/rolling-thunder/ |title=Rolling Thunder |date=May 13, 2016 |website=The Criterion Completion |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301132343/http://criterioncompletion.com/rolling-thunder/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following films were released by Rolling Thunder Pictures: ''[[Chungking Express]]'' (1994, dir. [[Wong Kar-wai]]), ''[[Switchblade Sisters]]'' (1975, dir. [[Jack Hill]]), ''[[Sonatine (1993 film)|Sonatine]]'' (1993, dir. [[Takeshi Kitano]]), ''[[Hard Core Logo]]'' (1996, dir. [[Bruce McDonald (director)|Bruce McDonald]]), ''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]'' (1977, dir. [[Ho Meng Hua]]), ''[[Detroit 9000]]'' (1973, dir. [[Arthur Marks]]), ''[[The Beyond (1981 film)|The Beyond]]'' (1981, dir. [[Lucio Fulci]]), and ''[[Curdled (film)|Curdled]]'' (1996, dir. Reb Braddock).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Best 'Rolling Thunder Pictures' Movies |url=https://www.flickchart.com/Charts.aspx?franchise=243 |website=Flickchart |language=en |access-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831051456/https://www.flickchart.com/Charts.aspx?franchise=243 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 2001, he produced the US release of the Hong Kong martial arts film ''[[Iron Monkey (1993 film)|Iron Monkey]]'', which made over $14 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iron Monkey – Official Site – Miramax |url=https://www.miramax.com/movie/iron-monkey/ |website=miramax.com |language=en |access-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831045827/https://www.miramax.com/movie/iron-monkey/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ironmonkey.htm Iron Monkey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503222057/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ironmonkey.htm |date=May 3, 2012 }} at [[Box Office Mojo]], retrieved on November 28, 2006.</ref> In 2004, he brought the Chinese martial arts film ''[[Hero (2002 film)|Hero]]'' to the US. It opened at number-one at the box office and eventually earning $53.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/VIEW-Worldwide-Asian-films-are-grossing-2733592.php |title=Worldwide, Asian films are grossing millions. Here, they're either remade, held hostage or released with little fanfare. |last=Johnson |first=G. Allen |date=February 3, 2005 |website=SF Gate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901100246/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/VIEW-Worldwide-Asian-films-are-grossing-2733592.php |archive-date=September 1, 2012|url-status=live |access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> 

While Tarantino was in negotiations with [[Lucy Liu]] for ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1|Kill Bill]]'', the two helped produce the [[Cinema of Hungary|Hungarian]] sports documentary ''[[Freedom's Fury]]'', which was released in 2006.<ref name="rferl">{{cite news |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1068204.html |title=Hungary: New Film Revisits 1956 Water-Polo Showdown |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=February 2, 2012 |access-date=February 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331210037/https://www.rferl.org/a/1068204.html |url-status=live |last1=Krastev |first1=Nikola }}</ref> When he was approached about a documentary about the [[Blood in the Water match]], a [[water polo]] match between [[Hungary men's national water polo team|Hungary]] and the [[Soviet Union men's national water polo team|USSR]] at the [[Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne Olympics]], Tarantino said "This is the best story I've ever been told. I'd love to be involved".<ref name="rferl" />

In 2006, another "Quentin Tarantino presents" production, ''[[Hostel (2005 film)|Hostel]]'', opened at number-one at the box office with a $20.1 million opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hostel.htm |title=Hostel (2006) – Box Office Mojo |website=www.boxofficemojo.com |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401053103/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hostel.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He presented 2006's ''[[Tom-Yum-Goong|The Protector]]'', and is a producer of the 2007 film ''[[Hostel: Part II]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Protector Blu-ray (ต้มยำกุ้ง / Tom yum goong) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Protector-Blu-ray/8999/ |website=blu-ray.com |access-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831055620/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Protector-Blu-ray/8999/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/jul/01/horror.reviews | title=Hostel: Part II | work=[[The Observer]] | first=Mark | last=Kermode | date=July 1, 2007 | access-date=October 24, 2021 | archive-date=October 24, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024192929/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/jul/01/horror.reviews | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, he produced the [[Larry Bishop]]-helmed ''[[Hell Ride]]'', a revenge biker film.<ref name= "engine">{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Phillips (critic) |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-hell-ride-review-0808aug08-story.html |title='Hell Ride' revs its engine for 83 minutes in a cul-de-sac |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=October 6, 2015 |access-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816025708/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-hell-ride-review-0808aug08-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== As a film exhibitor ===
In February 2010, Tarantino bought the [[New Beverly Cinema]] in Los Angeles. Tarantino allowed the previous owners to continue operating the theater, but stated he would make occasional programming suggestions. He was quoted as saying: "As long as I'm alive, and as long as I'm rich, the New Beverly will be there, showing films shot on 35&nbsp;mm."<ref>{{cite web |last=Scott Lewinski |first=John |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantino-saves-la-theater-20854 |title=Quentin Tarantino saves L.A. theater |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=February 18, 2010 |access-date=February 5, 2011 |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403235635/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantino-saves-la-theater-20854 |url-status=live }}</ref> Starting in 2014, Tarantino took a more active role in programming film screenings at the New Beverly, showing his own films as well as prints from his personal collection.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yamato |first=Jen |url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/quentin-tarantino-new-beverly-cinema-takes-over-theater-830233/ |title=Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Promises Double Features, Vintage Trailers, Tarantino Films & NO Digital. Ever. |agency=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=September 7, 2014 |access-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213237/https://deadline.com/2014/09/quentin-tarantino-new-beverly-cinema-takes-over-theater-830233/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, Tarantino announced that he had also purchased the [[Vista Theatre (Los Angeles)|Vista Theatre]] in Los Angeles, stating that he intends to keep it a first-run theatre, and that like The New Beverly it will only show movies on film.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/quentin-tarantino-buys-vista-theatre-sunset-hollywood-1234977694/|title = Quentin Tarantino Buys Vista Theatre|website = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = July 5, 2021|access-date = August 20, 2021|archive-date = July 16, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210716100232/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/quentin-tarantino-buys-vista-theatre-sunset-hollywood-1234977694/|url-status = live}}</ref>

== Film criticism ==
In June 2020, Tarantino became an officially recognized critic on the [[review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] where his reviews are part of the "Tomatometer" rating.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thenewbev.com/quentin-news/tomatometer-approved/|title=Tomatometer Approved|work=newbev.com|date=June 24, 2020|access-date=July 27, 2021|archive-date=July 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728024618/https://thenewbev.com/quentin-news/tomatometer-approved/|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Quentin Tarantino Movie Reviews & Previews |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/quentin-tarantino/movies |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122121917/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/quentin-tarantino/movies |url-status=live }}</ref> He has since published over 30 film reviews, including director essays, on his [[New Beverly Cinema]] website.<ref name="archive.org/web/thenewbev">{{cite web |title=thenewbev.com/tarantinos-reviews/ |url=https://thenewbev.com/tarantinos%2Dreviews/ |publisher=thenewbev.com |access-date=October 25, 2023}}{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://thenewbev.com/tarantinos-reviews/ |date=* }}</ref>

Tarantino reappraises films that go against the views of mainstream film criticism, for example, he considers the 1983 film ''[[Psycho II (film)|Psycho II]]'' to be superior to the original 1960 film ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Morris |first=Brogan |title=10 Bizarre Favourite Films Of Great Directors |url=https://whatculture.com/film/10-bizarre-favourite-films-of-great-directors?page=4 |website=WhatCulture.com |language=en |date=April 21, 2015 |access-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829050028/https://whatculture.com/film/10-bizarre-favourite-films-of-great-directors?page=4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=QT6 – Harry survives his 6th Quentin Tarantino Horror Marathon – this one – 80's Horror!!! |url=http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/21242 |website=Aint It Cool News |date=September 12, 2005 |language=en |access-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829050028/http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/21242 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is also among a few notable directors, including [[Martin Scorsese]] and [[Edgar Wright]], who appreciate [[Elaine May]]'s 1987 film ''[[Ishtar (film)|Ishtar]]'', despite its reputation as being a [[List of biggest box-office bombs|notorious box-office flop]] and [[List of films considered the worst|one of the worst films ever made]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Brogan |title=Hear me out: why Ishtar isn't a bad movie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jun/07/ishtar-warren-beatty-dustin-hoffman-film-elaine-may |work=The Guardian |date=June 7, 2021 |language=en |access-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829050028/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jun/07/ishtar-warren-beatty-dustin-hoffman-film-elaine-may |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Brueggemann |first=Tom |title='Ishtar': How Hollywood Decided That One Box-Office Flop Spoke for All Female Directors |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/ishtar-box-office-flop-game-changer-setback-female-directors-1202231739/ |website=IndieWire |language=en |date=May 17, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705130534/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/ishtar-box-office-flop-game-changer-setback-female-directors-1202231739/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino has opined that [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' is "the greatest movie of all time. Maybe not the best film, but the best movie ever made". He commented further that his "favourite Spielberg-directed movie, again with ''Jaws'' carved out on its own Mount Rushmore, is ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' ... He pushes the envelope, he creates [[PG-13]]; a movie so fucking badass it created a new level in the [[Motion Picture Association|MPAA]]."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-two-favourite-steven-spielberg-movies/ | title=Quentin Tarantino names his favourite Steven Spielberg films | date=August 11, 2022 | access-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824130005/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-two-favourite-steven-spielberg-movies/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="movieweb">{{cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/quentin-tarantino-classic-steven-spielberg-flick-greatest-movie-ever-made/ |title=Quentin Tarantino Says a Classic Steven Spielberg Flick is 'The Greatest Movie Ever Made' |publisher=Movieweb.com |date=August 5, 2022 |accessdate=August 24, 2022 |archive-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824130219/https://movieweb.com/quentin-tarantino-classic-steven-spielberg-flick-greatest-movie-ever-made/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Filmmaking style and influence ==
=== Early influences ===
[[File:Quentin Tarantino @ 2010 Academy Awards cropped.jpg|thumb|Tarantino at the [[82nd Academy Awards]] in 2010|alt=Tarantino at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010]]
In the 2012 ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' directors' poll, Tarantino listed his 12 favorite films: ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', ''[[The Bad News Bears]]'', ''[[Carrie (1976 film)|Carrie]]'', ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'', ''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]'', ''[[His Girl Friday]]'', ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', ''[[Pretty Maids All in a Row]]'', ''[[Rolling Thunder (film)|Rolling Thunder]]'', ''[[Sorcerer (film)|Sorcerer]]'', ''[[Taxi Driver]]'', and ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Greatest Films Poll – 2012 – Quentin Tarantino |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/voter/1134 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825234900/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/voter/1134 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 25, 2012 |access-date=September 10, 2014 |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>

[[Sergio Leone]]'s [[Spaghetti Western]] films were a profound influence including ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Quentin Tarantino: Once upon a time… in cinema|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-02-06/quentin-tarantino-once-upon-time-cinema|author=Studio 360|date=February 6, 2020|publisher=The World ([[Public Radio Exchange|PRX]])|access-date=July 26, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213138/https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-02-06/quentin-tarantino-once-upon-time-cinema|url-status=live}}</ref> He is an admirer of the 1981 film ''[[Blow Out]]'', directed by [[Brian De Palma]], which led to his casting of John Travolta in ''Pulp Fiction''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9wKVjWKHdo&t=12m6s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/P9wKVjWKHdo| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=BAFTA&nbsp;– Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures |publisher=YouTube |date=January 27, 2010 |access-date=February 26, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Similarly, Tarantino was captivated with [[Jim McBride]]'s 1983 remake of ''[[Breathless (1983 film)|Breathless]]'' and with [[Richard Gere]]'s unlikable but charismatic protagonist.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=MacFarquhar |first=Larissa |title=The Movie Lover |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/20/the-movie-lover |magazine=The New Yorker |date=October 13, 2003 |access-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901051128/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/20/the-movie-lover |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Breathless (1983) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breathless-1983 |website=rogerebert.com |date=May 13, 1983 |language=en |access-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901051128/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breathless-1983 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film's popular culture references, in particular the comic book [[Silver Surfer]], inspired him to have the character's poster on [[Reservoir Dogs#Cast|Mr. Orange]]'s apartment wall in ''Reservoir Dogs''.<ref name="vulture" /> Tarantino has also labeled ''[[Rio Bravo (film)|Rio Bravo]]'' as one of his influences.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cotter |first1=Padraig |title=How Tarantino's Favorite John Wayne Western Influenced His Career |url=https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-rio-bravo-movie-western-influence-career/ |website=ScreenRant |date=May 24, 2022 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |archive-date=August 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828043537/https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-rio-bravo-movie-western-influence-career/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He listed the Australian suspense film ''[[Roadgames]]'' (1981) as another favorite film.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! |medium=Documentary |year=2008 |publisher=City Films Worldwide |people=Curtis, Jamie Lee; Keach, Stacy; McLean, Greg; and Quentin Tarantino}}</ref>

Other films he cited as formative influences include [[Hong Kong martial arts films]] (such as ''[[Five Fingers of Death]]'' and ''[[Enter the Dragon]]''), [[John Woo]] action films (''[[A Better Tomorrow II]]'' and [[The Killer (1989 film)|''The Killer'']]), [[John Carpenter]] films ([[Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)|''Assault on Precinct 13'']] and [[The Thing (1982 film)|''The Thing'']]), [[blaxploitation]] films (including ''[[The Mack]]'' and ''[[Foxy Brown (film)|Foxy Brown]]''), [[Jean-Luc Godard]] films ([[Bande à part (film)|''Bande à Part'']] and the 1960 version of [[Breathless (1960 film)|''Breathless'']]), and [[Sonny Chiba]]'s work (''[[The Street Fighter]]'' and [[Shadow Warriors (TV series)|''Shadow Warriors'']]).<ref name="vulture">{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |date=August 28, 2015 |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Complete Syllabus of His Influences and References |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantino-the-complete-syllabus.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 16, 2022 |website=[[Vulture.com]] |language=en-us |archive-date=June 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603184218/https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantino-the-complete-syllabus.html }}</ref>

In August 2007, while teaching in a four-hour film course during the [[Cinemanila International Film Festival#2007|9th Cinemanila International Film Festival]] in [[Manila]], Tarantino cited [[Philippines|Filipino]] directors [[Cirio H. Santiago]], [[Eddie Romero]] and [[Gerardo de León]] as personal icons from the 1970s.<ref name="inq07">{{cite news |title=Tarantino raves over Pinoy B-movies |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |first=Constantino |last=Tejero |url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=82114 |date=August 12, 2007|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011111635/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=82114 |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref> He referred to De Leon's "soul-shattering, life-extinguishing" movies on vampires and female bondage, citing in particular ''[[Women in Cages]]''; "It is just harsh, harsh, harsh", he said, and described the final shot as one of "devastating despair".<ref name="inq07" /> Upon his arrival in the Philippines, Tarantino was quoted in the local newspaper as saying, "I'm a big fan of RP [Republic of the Philippines] cinema."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2007/08/08/11311/quentin-tarantino-irsquom-big-fan-rp-movies |title=Quentin Tarantino: I'm a big fan of RP movies |website=philstar.com |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327102828/https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2007/08/08/11311/quentin-tarantino-irsquom-big-fan-rp-movies |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Style ===
Tarantino's films often feature [[graphic violence]], a tendency which has sometimes been criticized.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/01/03/quentin-tarantino-npr-terry-gross/1808093/ |title=Tarantino grilled on NPR about movie violence |first=Bryan |last=Alexander |date=January 3, 2013 |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085730/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/01/03/quentin-tarantino-npr-terry-gross/1808093/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2013/01/31/trainwreck/ |title=The Problem with Aesthetic Violence |date=January 31, 2013 |website=Work in Progress |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085654/https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2013/01/31/trainwreck/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-the-tragedy-of-tarantino-he-has-proved-his-critics-right-1777147.html |title=Johann Hari: The tragedy of Tarantino: he has proved his critics right |date=August 26, 2009 |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327105827/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-the-tragedy-of-tarantino-he-has-proved-his-critics-right-1777147.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Reservoir Dogs'' was initially denied United Kingdom certification because of his use of torture as entertainment.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Walters |first=Ben |url=http://www.filmquarterly.org/2009/12/talking-point-debating-inglorious-bastards/ |title=Debating Inglourious Basterds |journal=[[Film Quarterly]] |volume=63 |issue=2 |date=2 December 2009 |pages=19–22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605053555/http://www.filmquarterly.org/2009/12/talking-point-debating-inglorious-bastards/ |archive-date=5 June 2014  |doi=10.1525/FQ.2009.63.2.19 |issn=1533-8630|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Tarantino has frequently defended his use of violence, saying that "violence is so good. It affects audiences in a big way".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/quentin-tarantino-violence-is-what-makes-movies-good-6732816.html |title=Quentin Tarantino: Violence is what makes movies good |first1=Alistair |last1=Foster |first2=Ed |last2=Black |date=January 12, 2010 |website=Evening Standard |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327094459/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/quentin-tarantino-violence-is-what-makes-movies-good-6732816.html |url-status=live }}</ref> When questioned in an interview for ''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' why his movies contained so much graphic violence, he responded, "Because it's so much fun!"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-z1abpYE7U |title=Because its so much fun, Jan! |author=Kron 4 |website=youtube.com |date=September 18, 2021 |quote="Because it's so much fun, Jan!" |access-date=February 10, 2024 |archive-date=December 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225063626/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-z1abpYE7U |url-status=live }}</ref> The number of expletives and deaths in Tarantino's films were measured by analytics website [[FiveThirtyEight]]. In the examples given by the site, "''Reservoir Dogs'' features 'just' 10 on-screen deaths, but 421 profanities. ''Django Unchained'', on the other hand, has 'just' 262 profanities but 47 deaths."<ref>{{cite web |last=Roeder |first=Oliver |title=A Complete Catalog Of Every Time Someone Cursed Or Bled Out In A Quentin Tarantino Movie |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/complete-catalog-curses-deaths-quentin-tarantino-films/ |website=FiveThirtyEight |date=December 9, 2015 |access-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171502/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/complete-catalog-curses-deaths-quentin-tarantino-films/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He often blends aesthetic elements, in tribute to his favorite films and filmmakers. In ''Kill Bill'', he melds comic strip formulas and visuals within a live action film sequence, in some cases by the literal use of cartoon or [[anime]] images.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1177/1746847707074699 |title=Tarantino the Cartoonist |journal=Animation |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=171–186 |year=2007 |last1=Pallant |first1=C. |s2cid=154141274 |url=https://create.canterbury.ac.uk/13693/1/13693.pdf |access-date=April 20, 2018 |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922211719/https://create.canterbury.ac.uk/13693/1/13693.pdf |url-status=dead | issn=1746-8477 }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/01/faces-quentin-tarantino/ |title=FACES: Quentin Tarantino |date=January 11, 2016 |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085749/https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/01/faces-quentin-tarantino/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino has also occasionally used a non-linear story structure in his films, most notably with ''Pulp Fiction.'' He has also used the style in ''Reservoir Dogs'', ''Kill Bill'', and ''The Hateful Eight''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyu.edu/classes/keefer/TimeSpace/tsnon.html |title=Non-linear Narrative |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422012921/http://www.nyu.edu/classes/keefer/TimeSpace/tsnon.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino's script for ''True Romance'' was originally told in a non-linear style, before director Tony Scott decided to use a more linear approach.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.finaldraft.com/learn/final-draft-blog/what-is-nonlinear-storytelling/ |title=What Is Nonlinear Storytelling? |last=Cannistraci |first=Edwin |date=April 7, 2016 |website=Final Draft |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401113822/https://www.finaldraft.com/learn/final-draft-blog/what-is-nonlinear-storytelling/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Quentin Tarantino on original non-linear narrative structure – commentary |website=[[YouTube]] |date=August 29, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSIYC0pucDQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/cSIYC0pucDQ| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=March 9, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Critics have since referred to the use of this shifting timeline in films as the "Tarantino Effect".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Berg |first=Charles Ramírez |date=2006 |title=A Taxonomy of Alternative Plots in Recent Films: Classifying the "Tarantino Effect" |journal=Film Criticism |volume=31 |issue=1/2 |pages=5–61 |issn=0163-5069 |jstor=44019213}}</ref> Actor [[Steve Buscemi]] has described Tarantino's novel style of filmmaking as "bursting with energy" and "focused".<ref name="mares">{{cite journal |last=Tarantino |first=Quentin |title=Steve Buscemi by Quentin Tarantino |journal=BOMB |year=1993 |volume=42 |issue=Winter |url=http://bombsite.com/issues/42/articles/1614 |access-date=September 20, 2011 |archive-date=November 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113104530/http://bombsite.com/issues/42/articles/1614 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Tarantino, a hallmark of all his movies is that there is a different sense of humor in each one, which prompts the viewer to laugh at scenes that are not funny.<ref>[http://www.gomolo.in/features/article.aspx?ArticleID=202 There is a sense of humor in all of my movies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012131556/http://www.gomolo.in/features/Article.aspx?ArticleID=202 |date=October 12, 2009}}. gomolo.in (October 1, 2009)</ref> However, he insists that his films are dramas, not comedies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ukscreen.com/articles/interviews/quentin-tarantino-my-films-are-spaghetti-westerns/#.UQxI3I5wY20 |title=Quentin Tarantino: My Films are Spaghetti Westerns |first=Husam Sam |last=Asi |publisher=UKScreen |date=January 3, 2013 |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330112526/http://ukscreen.com/articles/interviews/quentin-tarantino-my-films-are-spaghetti-westerns/#.UQxI3I5wY20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Tarantino's use of dialogue is noted for its mundane conversations with popular culture references. For example, when Jules and Vincent in ''Pulp Fiction'' are driving to a [[Contract killing|hit]], they talk about Vincent's trip to Europe, discussing the differences in countries such as a [[McDonald's]] "[[Quarter Pounder]] with Cheese" being called a "Royale with Cheese" in France because of the [[metric system]]. In the opening scene to ''Reservoir Dogs'', Mr. Brown (played by Tarantino) interprets the meaning of [[Madonna]]'s song "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]". In ''Jackie Brown'', Jackie and Max chat over a cup of coffee while listening to a [[Phonograph record|vinyl record]] by the [[Delfonics]]' "[[Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Sherlock |first=Ben |title=10 Unforgettable Conversations From Quentin Tarantino Movies, Ranked |url=https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-movies-best-conversations-ranked/ |website=ScreenRant |date=November 16, 2019 |access-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171246/https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-movies-best-conversations-ranked/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dhruv Bose |first=Swapnil |title=The film that inspired Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction' dance |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-pulp-fiction-dance-inspiration-fellini/ |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |date=December 15, 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415085724/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-pulp-fiction-dance-inspiration-fellini/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino has said that his films take place in one of two cinematic universes, one being the more realistically grounded world of films like ''Reservoir Dogs'' and ''Pulp Fiction'', and the other being a meta-fictional narrative which Tarantino says represents the kind of films the characters in his main cinematic universe would watch, which separates films such as ''From Dusk till Dawn'' and ''Kill Bill'' from Tarantino's primary narrative.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/explaining-quentin-tarantino-cinematic-universe-films-connected/ |title=Exploring Quentin Tarantino's Cinematic Universe: Explaining how all his films are connected |last=Bose |first=Swapnil Dhruv |date=2021 |work=Far Out |access-date=June 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612140048/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/explaining-quentin-tarantino-cinematic-universe-films-connected/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also creates his own products and brands that he uses in his films to varying degrees.<ref name="Literary Studies 1999 pg. 8-32">{{cite journal |last1=Bertelsen |first1=E. |doi=10.1080/02564719908530214 |title="Serious Gourmet Shit": Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction |journal=Journal of Literary Studies |volume=15 |issue=1–2 |pages=8–32 |year=1999 }}</ref> His own fictional brands, including "[[Rolling Thunder (film)|Acuña Boys]] Tex-Mex Food", "Big Kahuna Burger", "G.O. Juice", "Jack Rabbit Slim's", "K-Billy", "Red Apple cigarettes", "Tenku Brand Beer" and "Teriyaki Donut", replace the use of [[product placement]], sometimes to a humorous extent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tarantino.info/ |title=The Quentin Tarantino Archives |publisher=Tarantino.info |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=March 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304112622/http://www.tarantino.info/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3" /> Tarantino is also known for his choice of music in his films,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.joytunes.com/blog/music-fun/deeper-look-music-quentin-tarantino-films/ |title=A Look At The Music In Tarantino Films |date=January 9, 2016 |website=Learn Piano {{!}} Joytunes Blog |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401111623/https://www.joytunes.com/blog/music-fun/deeper-look-music-quentin-tarantino-films/ |url-status=live }}</ref> including soundtracks that often use songs from the 1960s and 70s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/quentin-tarantino-music-scores-ennio-morricone/ |title=Quentin Tarantino's Eight Best Uses of Scores from Other Movies |last=Formo |first=Brian |date=January 29, 2019 |website=Collider |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213129/https://collider.com/quentin-tarantino-music-scores-ennio-morricone/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openculture.com/2017/03/the-music-in-quentin-tarantinos-films.html |title=The Music in Quentin Tarantino's Films: Hear a 5-Hour, 100-Song Playlist |date=March 9, 2017 |website=Open Culture |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401024011/http://www.openculture.com/2017/03/the-music-in-quentin-tarantinos-films.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/music/five-of-the-best-songs-in-quentin-tarantino-movies |title=Five of the best songs in Tarantino movies – Time Out Music |website=Time Out London |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331232239/https://www.timeout.com/london/music/five-of-the-best-songs-in-quentin-tarantino-movies |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2011, he was recognized at the [[16th Critics' Choice Awards]] with the inaugural Music+Film Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantino-receive-critics-choice-69883 |title=Quentin Tarantino to Receive First-Ever Critics' Choice Music+Film Award |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |last2=Powers |first2=Lindsay |date=January 10, 2011 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331211407/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantino-receive-critics-choice-69883 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1656047/quentin-tarantino-honored-at-critics-choice-movie-awards/ |title=Quentin Tarantino Honored At Critics' Choice Movie Awards |last=Warner |first=Kara |website=MTV News |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401061333/http://www.mtv.com/news/1656047/quentin-tarantino-honored-at-critics-choice-movie-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A recurring image in his films are scenes where women's bare feet feature prominently. When asked about [[foot fetishism]], Tarantino responded, "I don't take it seriously. There's a lot of feet in a lot of good directors' movies. That's just good direction. Like, before me, the person foot fetishism was defined by was [[Luis Buñuel]], another film director. And [[Alfred Hitchcock]] was accused of it and [[Sofia Coppola]] has been accused of it."<ref>{{cite news |last=Tyler |first=Adrienne |title=What's Up With Quentin Tarantino & Feet? |url=https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-feet-explained/ |work=ScreenRant |date=September 8, 2019 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327065319/https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-feet-explained/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Phipps |first=John |title=Quentin Tarantino: 'There's a lot of feet in a lot of good directors' movies' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/quentin-tarantino-interview |work=British GQ |date=September 3, 2021 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327065319/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/quentin-tarantino-interview |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino has stated in many interviews that his writing process is like writing a novel before formatting it into a script, saying that this creates the blueprint of the film and makes the film feel like literature. About his writing process he told website The Talks, "My head is a sponge. I listen to what everyone says, I watch little idiosyncratic behavior, people tell me a joke and I remember it. People tell me an interesting story in their life and I remember it. ... when I go and write my new characters, my pen is like an antenna, it gets that information, and all of a sudden these characters come out more or less fully formed. I don't write their dialogue, I get them talking to each other."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://the-talks.com/interviews/quentin-tarantino/ |title=Quentin Tarantino Interview – The Talks |date=October 28, 2013 |access-date=September 4, 2015 |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015040010/http://the-talks.com/interviews/quentin-tarantino |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Collaborators ===
[[File:Tarantino, Robbie, DiCaprio, Pitt.jpg|thumb|300px|Tarantino with actors [[Margot Robbie]], [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], and [[Brad Pitt]] for ''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]'', a film considered as having "his biggest cast yet" with "[[A-list stars]], seventies icons, and veteran Tarantino collaborators".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-cast-list-quentin-tarantino-charles-manson-trailer-a8513076.html|title=Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood full cast list: Charles Manson and Roman Polanksi actors confirmed|date=August 29, 2018|first=Jacob|last=Stolworthy|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=January 20, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/quentin-tarantino-adds-more-stars-to-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/|title=Quentin Tarantino Adds More Stars to ''Once Upon A Time in Hollywood''|date=June 8, 2018|first=Purcell|last=Liddy|website=[[Film School Rejects]]|access-date=January 20, 2025}}</ref>]]

[[File:Samuel L. Jackson 2017.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Samuel L. Jackson (pictured in 2017) has been one of Tarantino's most frequent and notable collaborators, with him appearing in 6 of his films.]]
Tarantino has built up an informal "[[repertory company]]" of actors who have appeared in many roles in his films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/blu-ray/tarantino-xx-8-film-collection |title=Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection Review |first=Neil |last=Smith |date=November 19, 2012 |publisher=TotalFilm.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121030445/http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/blu-ray/tarantino-xx-8-film-collection |archive-date=November 21, 2012 |access-date=May 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McGrath|first=Charles|date=December 19, 2012|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/movies/how-quentin-tarantino-concocted-a-genre-of-his-own.html?_r=0|title=Quentin's World|work=[[New York Times]]|access-date=February 28, 2017|archive-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701082243/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/movies/how-quentin-tarantino-concocted-a-genre-of-his-own.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref> Most notable of these is Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in five films directed by Tarantino and a sixth written by him, ''True Romance''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/samuel-l-jackson-says-he-cant-wait-for-5-hour-django-unchained-cut-dreams-of-nick-fury-cameo-in-breaking-bad-quashed-20121220|title=Samuel L. Jackson Can't Wait For The 5 Hour Cut Of 'Django Unchained'; Dreams Of Nick Fury Cameo In 'Breaking Bad' Quashed|work=[[IndieWire]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192744/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/samuel-l-jackson-says-he-cant-wait-for-5-hour-django-unchained-cut-dreams-of-nick-fury-cameo-in-breaking-bad-quashed-20121220|date=January 2, 2014|archive-date=January 2, 2014|access-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name="film4profile" /> Other frequent collaborators include Uma Thurman, who has been featured in three films and whom Tarantino has described as his "[[muse]]"; [[Zoë Bell]], who has acted or performed stunts in seven Tarantino films; Michael Madsen, James Parks and Tim Roth, who respectively appear in five, four and three films. In addition, Roth appeared in ''[[Four Rooms]]'', an anthology film where Tarantino directed the final segment, and filmed a scene for ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' before it was cut for time.<ref name="film4profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.film4.com/special-features/5-min-guides/quentin-tarantino|title=Quentin Tarantino|work=Film4|date=February 4, 2013|access-date=July 2, 2015|archive-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619211039/http://www.film4.com/special-features/5-min-guides/quentin-tarantino|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_14940007 |work=[[The Denver Post]] |first=Lisa |last=Kennedy |title=Special chemistry between directors and actors has produced some of Hollywood's best movies |date=April 23, 2010 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-date=May 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522011714/http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_14940007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/381982/django-unchained-mystery-woman-zoe-bell-spills-on-her-cameo-and-the-sneaky-secret-under-her-mask|title=Django Unchained Mystery Woman: Zoë Bell Spills on Her Cameo and the Sneaky Secret Under Her Mask|work=[[E! News|E! Online UK]]|date=January 25, 2013|access-date=July 2, 2015|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411220235/https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/381982/django-unchained-mystery-woman-zoe-bell-spills-on-her-cameo-and-the-sneaky-secret-under-her-mask|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other actors who have appeared in several films by Tarantino include [[Michael Bacall]], [[Michael Bowen (actor)|Michael Bowen]], [[Bruce Dern]], [[Harvey Keitel]], [[Michael Parks]], [[Kurt Russell]], and Craig Stark, who have appeared in three films each.

Leonardo DiCaprio and [[Brad Pitt]] have each appeared in two Tarantino films, the second of which, ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'', they appear in together.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/01/heres-everything-we-know-about-quentin-tarantinos-sharon-tate-movie |title=Here's everything we know about Quentin Tarantino's Sharon Tate movie |last=Rao |first=Sonia |date=March 1, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-date=August 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101838/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/03/01/heres-everything-we-know-about-quentin-tarantinos-sharon-tate-movie/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantinos-django-unchained-how-404160 |title='Django' to the Extreme: How Panic Attacks and DiCaprio's Real Blood Made a Slavery Epic Better |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=December 20, 2012 |access-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-date=March 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309092130/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantinos-django-unchained-how-404160 |url-status=live }}</ref> Like Jackson, Pitt also appeared in the Tarantino-penned ''True Romance''. [[Christoph Waltz]] appeared in two Tarantino films, ''Inglourious Basterds'' and ''Django Unchained'', winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for each role. Waltz had been working as an actor since the 1970s in numerous German movies and TV shows but was a relative unknown in America when he was cast as Hans Landa in his first film for Tarantino.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Denby |first=David |title=Americans in Paris |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/08/24/americans-in-paris |magazine=The New Yorker |date=August 17, 2009 |access-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904043721/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/08/24/americans-in-paris |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lim |first=Dennis |title='Inglourious' Actor Tastes the Glory |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/movies/16lim.html?pagewanted=all |work=The New York Times |date=August 13, 2009 |access-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904043721/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/movies/16lim.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Film editing|Editor]] [[Sally Menke]], who worked on all Tarantino films until her death in 2010, was described by Tarantino in 2007 as "hands down my number one collaborator".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11433919 |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Tarantino editor Sally Menke dies in LA heat wave |date=September 29, 2010 |access-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818030759/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11433919 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sally Menke: the quiet heroine of the Quentin Tarantino success story |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/sep/29/sally-menke-quentin-tarantino-editor |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 29, 2010 |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402083448/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/sep/29/sally-menke-quentin-tarantino-editor |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! width="15%" |Collaborator
! width="10%" |Role
! width="5%" |''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''
! width="5%" |''[[Pulp Fiction]]''
! width="5%" |''[[Jackie Brown]]''
! width="5%" |''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1]]''
! width="5%" |''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]]''
! width="5%" |''[[Death Proof]]''
! width="5%" |''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''
! width="5%" |''[[Django Unchained]]''
! width="5%" |''[[The Hateful Eight]]''
! width="5%" |''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]''
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![[Bruce Dern]]
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![[Shannon McIntosh (filmmaker)|Shannon McIntosh]]
|Producer
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![[James Parks (actor)|James Parks]]
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![[Fred Raskin]]
|Editor
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![[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]
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== Controversies ==
{{Criticism section|date=May 2025}}

=== Spike Lee criticisms ===
In 1997, [[Spike Lee]] questioned Tarantino's use of racial slurs in his films, especially the [[nigger|N-word]], particularly in ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''Jackie Brown''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/lee-has-choice-words-for-tarantino-111779698/ |title=Lee has choice words for Tarantino |last=Archerd |first=Army |date=December 16, 1997 |website=Variety |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401063855/https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/lee-has-choice-words-for-tarantino-111779698/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In a ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' interview discussing ''Jackie Brown'', Lee said, "I'm not against the word ... And some people speak that way, but Quentin is infatuated with that word{{nbsp}}... I want Quentin to know that all African Americans do not think that word is trendy or slick."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.09.98/cover/nigger-9814.html |last=Allen-Taylor |first=J. Douglas |title=New Word Order |publisher=Metroactive.com |date=April 9, 1998 |access-date=October 23, 2008 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714080713/http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.09.98/cover/nigger-9814.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino responded on ''[[Charlie Rose (talk show)|The Charlie Rose Show]]'':

{{blockquote|As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are, all right? And to say that I can't do that because I'm white, but the [[Hughes brothers]] can do that because they're black, that is racist. That is the heart of racism, all right. And I do not accept that&nbsp;... That is how a segment of the black community that lives in [[Compton, California|Compton]], lives in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], where ''Jackie Brown'' takes place, that lives in [[Carson, California|Carson]], that is how they talk. I'm telling the truth. It would not be questioned if I was black, and I resent the question because I'm white. I have the right to tell the truth. I do not have the right to lie.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5166 |title=Quentin Tarantino defends himself against Spike Lee for criticizing him in using the 'n-word'. |publisher=CharlieRose.com |date=December 26, 1997 |access-date=January 30, 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123232730/http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5166 |archive-date=January 23, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>|}}

Tarantino said on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' that Lee would have to "stand on a chair to kiss [his] ass".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertschnakenberg.com/?page_id=4 |last=Schnakenberg |first=Robert |title=Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers: Spike Lee |access-date=April 8, 2010 |archive-date=April 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418143224/http://www.robertschnakenberg.com/?page_id=4 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in both directors' films, defended Tarantino. At the [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin Film Festival]], where ''Jackie Brown'' was screened, Jackson said: "I don't think the word is offensive in the context of this film&nbsp;... Black artists think they are the only ones allowed to use the word. Well, that's bull. ''Jackie Brown'' is a wonderful homage to [[Blaxploitation|black exploitation films]]. This is a good film, and Spike hasn't made one of those in a few years."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NT0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36 |title=Samuel L. Jackson Blasts Spike Lee For Criticizing Him For Using 'N-Word' in 'Jackie Brown' |magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |page=36 |volume=93 |number=15 |date=March 9, 1998 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213144/https://books.google.com/books?id=NT0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino argued that black audiences appreciated his blaxploitation-influenced films more than some of his critics, and that ''Jackie Brown'' was primarily made for black audiences.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1998/jan/05/quentintarantino.guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank |title=Quentin Tarantino interview (III) with Pam Grier, Robert Forster and Lawrence Bender |work=The Guardian |date=January 5, 1998 |access-date=December 12, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305104836/http://www.theguardian.com/film/1998/jan/05/quentintarantino.guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Django Unchained'' was the subject of controversy because of its use of racial slurs and depiction of slavery. Reviewers defended the use of the language by pointing out the historic context of race and slavery in America.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |title=Django Unchained: Film Review |date=December 11, 2012 |first=Todd |last=McCarthy |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/django-unchained/review/399663 |access-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-date=December 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217162406/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/django-unchained/review/399663 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Django Unchained and Race: Here's What Drudge Doesn't Tell You |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/12/django_unchaine.php |work=[[The Village Voice]] |access-date=December 18, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216005936/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/12/django_unchaine.php |archive-date=December 16, 2012}}</ref> Lee, in an interview with ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'', said that he would not see the film: "All I'm going to say is that it's disrespectful to my ancestors. That's just me ... I'm not speaking on behalf of anybody else."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Spike Lee slams Django Unchained:'I'm not Gonna See It' |magazine=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=December 24, 2012 |date=December 21, 2012 |url=http://www.vibe.com/article/spike-lee-slams-django-unchained-im-not-gonna-see-it |archive-date=December 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230180658/http://www.vibe.com/article/spike-lee-slams-django-unchained-im-not-gonna-see-it |url-status=live }}</ref> Lee later tweeted: "American slavery was not a Sergio Leone spaghetti western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them."<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Spike Lee|user=SpikeLee |number=282611091777941504 |date=December 22, 2012 |title=American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western.It Was A Holocaust.My Ancestors Are Slaves.Stolen From Africa.I Will Honor Them. |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140909171436/https://twitter.com/SpikeLee/status/282611091777941504 |archive-date=September 9, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Roman Polanski and Harvey Weinstein ===
{{Main|Roman Polanski sexual abuse case|Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases}}

In a 2003 Howard Stern interview, Tarantino defended the director [[Roman Polanski]] against charges that Polanski had raped then-13-year-old Samantha Geimer in 1977. He said that Polanski's actions were "not rape" and Geimer "...wanted to have it".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jezebel.com/heres-audio-of-quentin-tarantino-defending-roman-polans-1822745916| title = Here's Audio of Quentin Tarantino Defending Roman Polanski: 13-Year-Old Girl 'Wanted to Have It' [UPDATED]| last = Davies| first = Madeleine| date = February 5, 2018| website = jezebel.com| access-date = July 14, 2022| archive-date = August 9, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220809193213/https://jezebel.com/heres-audio-of-quentin-tarantino-defending-roman-polans-1822745916| url-status = live}}</ref> The interview resurfaced in 2018 and drew criticism, including from Geimer, who stated in an interview, "He was wrong. I bet he knows it... I hope he doesn't make an ass of himself and keep talking that way."<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tarantino-wrong-polanski-rape-consensual-geimer-article-1.3803904| title = Tarantino wrong to say Polanski rape was consensual, says victim Samantha Geimer| last = Dillon| first = Nancy| date = February 6, 2018| website = nydailynews.com| access-date = July 14, 2022| archive-date = July 14, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220714202415/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tarantino-wrong-polanski-rape-consensual-geimer-article-1.3803904| url-status = live}}</ref> Within days of the interview resurfacing, Tarantino issued an apology, stating "Fifteen years later, I realize how wrong I was... I incorrectly played [[devil's advocate]] in the debate for the sake of being provocative."<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=February 8, 2018|title=Quentin Tarantino Is Really Sorry for Defending Roman Polanski|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/quentin-tarantino-roman-polanski-apology|access-date=February 19, 2022|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-US|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414223823/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/quentin-tarantino-roman-polanski-apology|url-status=live}}</ref>

On October 18, 2017, Tarantino gave an interview discussing sexual harassment and assault allegations against producer [[Harvey Weinstein]]. Tarantino said his then-girlfriend [[Mira Sorvino]] told him in the mid-1990s about her experience with Weinstein. Tarantino confronted Weinstein at the time and received an apology.<ref name="Kantor A17">{{cite news |last=Kantor |first=Jodi |title=Tarantino on Weinstein: 'I Knew Enough to Do More Than I Did' |work=The New York Times |date=October 19, 2017 |page=A17 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/movies/tarantino-weinstein.html |access-date=October 21, 2017 |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102013159/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/movies/tarantino-weinstein.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino said: "What I did was marginalize the incidents. I knew enough to do more than I did."<ref name="Kantor A17" />

On February 3, 2018, in an interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''Kill Bill'' actress Uma Thurman said Weinstein had sexually assaulted her, and that she had reported this to Tarantino. Tarantino said he confronted Weinstein, as he had previously when Weinstein made advances on his former partner, demanding he apologize. He banned him from contact with Thurman for the remainder of the film's production.<ref name="Fleming Jr.">{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/quentin-tarantino-uma-thurman-harvey-weinstein-kill-bill-car-crash-new-york-times-1202278988/ |title=Quentin Tarantino on Uma Thurman, Kill Bill Crash & Harvey Weinstein |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=February 5, 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=February 6, 2018 |archive-date=January 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128041859/https://deadline.com/2018/02/quentin-tarantino-uma-thurman-harvey-weinstein-kill-bill-car-crash-new-york-times-1202278988/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In a June 2021 interview on the ''[[The Joe Rogan Experience|Joe Rogan Experience]]'' podcast, Tarantino said he regretted not pressing Weinstein further, saying he did not know the extent of his misconduct before the 2017 scandal. He remarked on his "sad" view of his past relationship with Weinstein, saying he once looked up to him for fostering his career and describing him as "a fucked up father figure".<ref>{{cite web|date=June 29, 2021|title=Quentin Tarantino says "father figure" Harvey Weinstein's harassment was known by "everybody"|url=https://www.newsweek.com/quentin-tarantino-says-father-figure-harvey-weinsteins-harassment-was-known-everybody-1605392|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=Newsweek|language=en|archive-date=July 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705133007/https://www.newsweek.com/quentin-tarantino-says-father-figure-harvey-weinsteins-harassment-was-known-everybody-1605392|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Altercations with industry peers ===
In 1993, Tarantino sold his script for ''[[Natural Born Killers]],'' which was rewritten, giving him only a story credit. He later disowned the film, which caused [[Enemy|enmity]] and resulted in the publication of a "[[unauthorized biography|tell-all]]" book titled ''Killer Instinct'' by [[Jane Hamsher]]—who, with [[Don Murphy]], had an original option on the screenplay and produced the film—calling Tarantino a "one-trick pony" and becoming "famous for being famous." Tarantino physically assaulted Murphy in the AGO restaurant in West Hollywood, California in October 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/murphy-sues-tarantino-after-talk-show-sesh-111661752/ |title=Murphy sues Tarantino after talk show sesh |last=Petrikin |first=Chris |date=November 18, 1997 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401072119/https://variety.com/1997/film/news/murphy-sues-tarantino-after-talk-show-sesh-111661752/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Murphy subsequently filed a $5 million lawsuit against Tarantino; the case ended with the judge ordering Tarantino to pay Murphy $450.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.eonline.com/News/Court/1197.tarantino.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823221603/http://movies.eonline.com/News/Court/1197.tarantino.html|url-status=dead |archive-date=August 23, 2000 |title=E! Online – News – Celeb Courthouse |date=August 23, 2000 |access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=McCann |first=Paul |title=Quentin Tarantino in $5M Assault Claim |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=November 18, 1997 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/quentin-tarantino-in-5m-assault-claim-1294720.html |access-date=August 22, 2017 |archive-date=October 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027030838/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/quentin-tarantino-in-5m-assault-claim-1294720.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1994, Tarantino had an on-set feud with [[Denzel Washington]] during the filming of ''[[Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]'' over what was described as "Tarantino's racist dialogue added to the script". A few years later Washington apologized to Tarantino saying he "buried that hatchet".<ref>{{cite web |last=Hainey |first=Michael |title=Denzel Washington GQ October 2012 Cover Story |url=https://www.gq.com/story/denzel-washington-interview-gq-october-2012 |website=GQ |date=September 18, 2012 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925052416/https://www.gq.com/story/denzel-washington-interview-gq-october-2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1997, during the Oscars ceremony, Tarantino was accompanying [[Mira Sorvino]] when the then-[[MTV News]] host, [[Chris Connelly (journalist)|Chris Connelly]], called over to Sorvino from the [[media scrum]]. Before she could talk to Connelly, Tarantino grabbed Sorvino telling her, "He's the editor of ''[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]]'' and he did a story on my Dad," and pulled her away. Connelly, a former ''Premiere'' magazine editor-in-chief said, "No, I didn't." As they walked off, Tarantino gave the journalist [[the finger]] saying "Fuck you!" and spat at him.<ref>{{cite web |last=Barnard |first=T.J. |title=Tarantino Unchained: His 5 Most Bizarre Meltdowns |url=https://whatculture.com/film/tarantino-meltdowns?page=4 |website=WhatCulture.com |language=en |date=January 13, 2013 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925053523/https://whatculture.com/film/tarantino-meltdowns?page=4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Quentin Tarantino Spits On A Reporter – video Dailymotion |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ofeh |website=Dailymotion |language=en |date=March 11, 2008 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925053523/https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ofeh |url-status=live }}</ref> The article that angered Tarantino included a 1995 interview from a biography by [[Jami Bernard]] with his biological father, Tony Tarantino, someone he had never met, which he considered "pretty tasteless".<ref>{{cite news |last=Parker |first=Ryan |title=Quentin Tarantino Opens Up About Estranged Father |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-opens-up-estranged-father-tony-1234974677/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 28, 2021 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925053523/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-opens-up-estranged-father-tony-1234974677/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2009, Tarantino was set to appear on the talk show ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' to promote ''Inglourious Basterds''. A few years prior to this event, [[David Letterman]] had interviewed a former "unnamed" girlfriend of Tarantino on his show. Letterman joked about the relationship questioning why a "glorious movie star" would date a "little squirrelly guy". A couple of days later, Tarantino phoned Letterman, screaming angrily, "I'm going to beat you to death! I'm going to kill you! I'm coming to New York, and I'm gonna beat the crap out of you! How can you say that about me?!"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carbone |first1=Gina |title=David Letterman Recalls Quentin Tarantino Threatening To Kill Him Over A Dating Joke |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2489899/david-letterman-recalls-quentin-tarantino-threatening-to-kill-him-over-a-dating-joke |website=CinemaBlend |language=en |date=February 9, 2020 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925062221/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2489899/david-letterman-recalls-quentin-tarantino-threatening-to-kill-him-over-a-dating-joke |url-status=live }}</ref> Letterman offered to pay for Tarantino's flight and let him choose the method of fighting, which Tarantino determined would be "[[Baseball bat|bats]]". However, Letterman never heard from Tarantino again, until years later, when he came on the show to promote the new film. The host approached Tarantino in the make-up room, just before the show went live, and demanded an apology. Tarantino was not forthcoming, but at his [[publicist]]'s urging, he begrudgingly conceded.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Byrne |first1=Suzy |title=David Letterman says his most famous feud was with Quentin Tarantino, who he claims threatened to kill him |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/david-letterman-famous-feud-quentin-tarantino-171557825.html?guccounter=2 |date=February 7, 2020 |work=yahoo.com |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925062221/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/david-letterman-famous-feud-quentin-tarantino-171557825.html?guccounter=2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2013, during an interview with [[Krishnan Guru-Murthy]] on ''[[Channel 4 News]]'' while promoting ''Django Unchained'' in the UK, Tarantino reacted angrily when he was questioned about whether there was a link between movie violence and real-life violence. He informed Guru-Murthy that he had commented on the subject many times before and did not need to explain again, therefore was "shutting [his] butt down".<ref>{{cite news |title=Quentin Tarantino yells at interviewer when asked about movie violence |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/quentin-tarantino-yells-at-interviewer-when-asked-about-movie-violence/ |access-date=January 20, 2013 |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=January 11, 2013 |archive-date=November 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107035223/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/01/11/quentin-tarantino-yells-at-interviewer-when-asked-about-movie-violence/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Tarantino further defied the journalist, saying: "I refuse your question. I'm not your slave and you're not my master. You can't make me dance to your tune. I'm not a monkey."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hough |first1=Andrew |title=Quentin Tarantino in furious rant over Django Unchained violence questions |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9794854/Quentin-Tarantino-in-furious-rant-over-Django-Unchained-violence-questions.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9794854/Quentin-Tarantino-in-furious-rant-over-Django-Unchained-violence-questions.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=January 17, 2017 |date=January 11, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2019, during the Cannes Film Festival, at the ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' press conference, a journalist asked why Margot Robbie had so few lines in the film. Tarantino responded indignantly "I just reject your hypothesis", with no further comment.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mumford |first=Gwilym |title='I reject your hypothesis': Tarantino lashes out at criticism over female actors |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/22/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-tarantino-lashes-out-at-criticism-over-female-actors |work=the Guardian |date=May 22, 2019 |language=en |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-date=August 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821233029/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/22/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-tarantino-lashes-out-at-criticism-over-female-actors |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Other work==

=== Books === 
In 2020, Tarantino signed a two-book deal with [[HarperCollins]].''<ref name="Book Deal">{{cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=November 17, 2020|title=Quentin Tarantino Lands Book Deal, Including "Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood" Novelization|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-books-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-novelization-1091425/|url-access=limited|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119110225/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-books-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-novelization-1091425/|archive-date=November 19, 2020|access-date=November 23, 2020|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>'' He published his first novel in June 2021, a [[novelization]] of [[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (novel)|''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'']]. It received positive reviews from ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref name="NYT-novel">{{cite news|last=Garner|first=Dwight|date=June 28, 2021|title=Quentin Tarantino Turns His Most Recent Movie Into a Pulpy Page-Turner|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/books/quentin-tarantino-once-upon-time-hollywood-novel.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/books/quentin-tarantino-once-upon-time-hollywood-novel.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021|url-access=limited|access-date=June 28, 2021|work=[[The New York Times]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Guardian-novel">{{cite web|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|date=June 28, 2021|title=Once Upon a Time in Hollywood review – Tarantino's debut novel shines|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/29/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-review-tarantinos-debut-novel-shines|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628232908/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/29/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-review-tarantinos-debut-novel-shines|archive-date=June 28, 2021|access-date=June 28, 2021|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The second book titled ''[[Cinema Speculation]]'', about films of the [[New Hollywood]] era, inspired by film critic [[Pauline Kael]] was published on November 1, 2022.<ref name="Book Deal"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Zilko|first=Christian|date=May 29, 2022|title=Quentin Tarantino Announces Film History Book 'Cinema Speculation' Coming This Fall|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/05/quentin-tarantino-new-book-cinema-speculation-coming-this-fall-1234729304/|access-date=June 3, 2022|work=[[IndieWire]]|archive-date=June 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603184305/https://www.indiewire.com/2022/05/quentin-tarantino-new-book-cinema-speculation-coming-this-fall-1234729304/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Podcast ===
In June 2021, Tarantino announced plans to start a [[podcast]] with Roger Avary. The podcast is named after [[Video Archives]], a [[video rental store]] that both directors worked at prior to their film careers, and features the directors and occasional guests examining a film which could have been offered for rental at the store.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quentin Tarantino Talks About Nearly Casting Mickey Rourke As The 'Death Proof' Lead & Making Stage Play Versions Of His Films|url=https://theplaylist.net/quentin-tarantino-mickey-rourke-death-proof-stage-play-versions-films-20210630/|access-date=July 11, 2021|website=theplaylist.net|date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711161819/https://theplaylist.net/quentin-tarantino-mickey-rourke-death-proof-stage-play-versions-films-20210630/|url-status=live}}</ref> The podcast premiered on July 19, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=June 2, 2022|title=Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary Set to Launch 'The Video Archives Podcast'|url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/quentin-tarantino-roger-avary-video-archives-podcast-1235283963/|access-date=June 3, 2022|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-date=June 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603184233/https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/quentin-tarantino-roger-avary-video-archives-podcast-1235283963/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

=== Relationships and marriage ===
In the early 1990s, Tarantino dated comedians [[Margaret Cho]] and [[Kathy Griffin]]. From 1995 to 1998, he dated actress [[Mira Sorvino]] and was her date at the [[68th Academy Awards|68th Oscars ceremony]] where she won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. In March 1998 they separated, with Sorvino releasing a statement that "[We] still love each other very much" but had reached a "mutual decision to go their separate ways."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://people.com/movies/quentin-tarantino-past-romances/|title= Quentin Tarantino's Becoming a Dad! All About His Past Romances from Mira Sorvino to Margaret Cho|website= [[People (magazine)|People Magazine]]|access-date= June 30, 2021|archive-date= July 9, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181702/https://people.com/movies/quentin-tarantino-past-romances/|url-status= live}}</ref> From 2003 to 2005, Tarantino was in a romantic relationship with filmmaker [[Sofia Coppola]]. The two have remained friends since their breakup.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brara|first=Noor|date=June 5, 2017|title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Sofia Coppola|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/sofia-coppola-5-things-you-didnt-know|access-date=June 30, 2021|website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181246/https://www.vogue.com/article/sofia-coppola-5-things-you-didnt-know|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 30, 2017, Tarantino became engaged to Israeli singer Daniella Pick, daughter of musician [[Zvika Pick]]. They met in 2009 when Tarantino was in Israel to promote ''Inglourious Basterds''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/quentin-tarantino-engaged-to-israeli-daniela-pick/ |title=Quentin Tarantino engaged to Israeli Daniella Pick |date=July 1, 2017 |work=[[Times of Israel]] |access-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-date=July 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702201811/http://www.timesofisrael.com/quentin-tarantino-engaged-to-israeli-daniela-pick/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They married on November 28, 2018, in a [[Reform Judaism|Reform Jewish]] ceremony in their Beverly Hills Home.<ref>{{cite news |last=Michallon |first=Clemence |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/quentin-tarantino-wife-daniella-pick-wedding-la-married-israel-songs-movies-a8656141.html |title=Quentin Tarantino marries Daniella Pick in Los Angeles |work=[[The Independent]] |date=November 29, 2018 |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=November 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128183226/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/quentin-tarantino-wife-daniella-pick-wedding-la-married-israel-songs-movies-a8656141.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Froim|first=Yoni|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5416611,00.html|title=Quentin Tarantino marries Israeli singer Daniella Pick|work=Ynetnews|date=November 29, 2018|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129172909/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5416611,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As of January 2020, they were splitting their time between the [[Ramat Aviv Gimel]] neighborhood of [[Tel Aviv]] and Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Quentin-Tarantino-on-Tel-Aviv-missiles-and-learning-Hebrew-614493|title=Quentin Tarantino on Tel Aviv, missiles and learning Hebrew|work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|first=Hannah|last=Brown|date=January 19, 2020|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120085256/https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Quentin-Tarantino-on-Tel-Aviv-missiles-and-learning-Hebrew-614493|url-status=live}}</ref>  As a result, he is trying to learn [[Modern Hebrew|Hebrew]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mendel |first1=Jack |title=Quentin Tarantino opens up about learning Hebrew and his life in Tel Aviv |url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-opens-up-about-learning-hebrew-and-his-life-in-tel-aviv/ |work=Jewish News |date=25 June 2021}}</ref> On February 22, 2020, their son was born in Israel.<ref>{{cite web |last=Calvario |first=Liz |date=February 22, 2020 |title=Quentin Tarantino and Wife Daniella Welcome Their First Child Together |url=https://www.etonline.com/quentin-tarantino-and-wife-daniella-welcome-their-first-child-together-141986 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223034428/https://www.etonline.com/quentin-tarantino-and-wife-daniella-welcome-their-first-child-together-141986 |archive-date=February 23, 2020 |access-date=March 18, 2021 |work=Entertainment Tonight |publisher=CBS}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Hannah |date=March 1, 2020 |title=Quentin Tarantino and Israeli wife Daniella Pick's newborn gets a name |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/quentin-tarantino-and-israeli-wife-daniella-picks-newborn-gets-a-name-619377 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130202242/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/quentin-tarantino-and-israeli-wife-daniella-picks-newborn-gets-a-name-619377 |archive-date=January 30, 2021 |access-date=January 25, 2021 |work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=February 22, 2020|url=https://tmi.maariv.co.il/culture/Article-749677|title=Daniella Pick and Quentin Tarantino become parents|work=[[Maariv]]|language=he|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213142/https://tmi.maariv.co.il/culture/Article-749677|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 3, 2022, their second child, a daughter, was also born in Israel.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zaga |first=Bar |date=July 3, 2022 |title=Tarantino and Israeli wife Daniella Pick welcome baby No. 2 |language=en |work=Ynetnews |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/ryj6u1ko9 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704043018/https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/ryj6u1ko9 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |title=Take A Plunge As Quentin Tarantino Comes Of Age During The Era Of Auteur '70s Films: The Deadline Q&A |url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/quentin-tarantino-interview-cinema-speculation-1970s-movies-1235179503/ |work=Deadline |date=November 22, 2022 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122032215/https://deadline.com/2022/11/quentin-tarantino-interview-cinema-speculation-1970s-movies-1235179503/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Political views ===
In 2015, Tarantino said that [[Barack Obama]] is his favorite president<ref>{{cite news |title=Quentin Tarantino: Obama 'hands down' my favorite president |url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/quentin-tarantino-obama-my-favorite-president-msna667516 |work=MSNBC |date=August 24, 2015}}</ref> and voiced support for the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tarantino 'Surprised' by Backlash to Anti-Brutality Statement |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tarantino-surprised-backlash-anti-brutality-statement-n457686 |work=NBC News |date=November 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Quentin Tarantino On White Supremacy And Black Lives Matter |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/quentin-tarantino-on-white-supremacy-and-black-lives-matter_n_5666f458e4b08e945ff0dcf6 |work=HuffPost |date=December 8, 2015}}</ref>
 	
In response to the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel|Hamas-led attack on Israel]] on October 7, 2023, Tarantino visited a military base in southern Israel to "boost the morale" of [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli troops]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Once upon a time in the south: Tarantino solidarity trip to troops, towns |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/once-upon-a-time-in-the-south-tarantino-solidarity-trip-to-troops-towns/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=October 14, 2023}}</ref>

In August 2024, Tarantino expressed his intention to vote for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential nominee [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]] on [[Bill Maher]]'s podcast ''Club Random''.<ref>{{cite news |title="Don't f**k s**t up": Quentin Tarantino's advice to Kamala Harris on her presidential campaign |url=https://www.salon.com/2024/08/27/quentin-tarantino-kamala-harris/ |work=[[Salon.com]] |date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>

=== Faith and religious views ===
As a youth, Tarantino attended an [[Evangelical]] church, describing himself as "baptized, [[born again]] and everything in between". Tarantino said this was an act of rebellion against his [[Catholic]] mother as she had encouraged what might usually be considered more conventional forms of rebellion, such as his interests in comic books and horror films. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Tarantino was evasive about his religious beliefs but said he believed in God, whom he credited with giving him his writing ability.<ref name="HBOMaher2003">{{Cite episode
        | series = ''[[Charlie Rose (talk show)|Charlie Rose]]''
        | title = Interview for Kill Bill
        | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCZGbx-7GMk&ab_channel=FilMagicians
        | credits = Presenter: [[Charlie Rose]]
        | network = [[PBS]]
        | station = [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg LP]]
        | location = Bloomberg Tower 731 Lexington Avenue, New York City
        | airdate = 2004
        | minutes = 5
        | access-date = June 28, 2021
| archive-date = June 28, 2021
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210628200018/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCZGbx-7GMk&ab_channel=FilMagicians
        | url-status = live
        }}
</ref>

In the 2010s, Tarantino continued ascribing his talents to gifts from God but expressed uncertainty regarding God's existence. "I think I was born Catholic, but I was never practiced," said Tarantino. "As time has gone on, as I've become a man and made my way further as an adult, I'm not sure how much any of that I believe in. I don't really know if I believe in God, especially not in this Santa Claus character that people seemed to have conjured up."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Big Interview With Quentin Tarantino |url=http://www.axs.tv/originals/the-big-interview-with-quentin-tarantino-premieres-tuesday-november-24th/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730170847/http://www.axs.tv/originals/the-big-interview-with-quentin-tarantino-premieres-tuesday-november-24th/ |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |access-date=July 30, 2018 |publisher=[[AXS TV]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Fernández |first=Pablo |date=May 23, 2020 |title=The spiritual component in Quentin Tarantino′s films |url=https://www.entrelineas.org/e/the-spiritual-component-in-quentin-tarantino |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024012020/https://www.entrelineas.org/e/the-spiritual-component-in-quentin-tarantino |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=January 9, 2021 |website=entrelineas.org}}</ref> In June 2021, Tarantino said he was an [[atheist]].<ref>{{cite web |date=June 25, 2021 |title=Quentin Tarantino ''I'm an Atheist'', Tarantino clarifies in Real Time with Bill Maher (6-26-2021) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw8q5Nwl7CY |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626090522/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw8q5Nwl7CY |archive-date=June 26, 2021 |access-date=June 26, 2021 |website=YouTube}}</ref>

=== Views on gun violence and police brutality ===
Tarantino has said he does not believe that violence in film inspires real acts of violence.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/04/quentin-tarantino-newtown-shooting-disrespectful |title=Quentin Tarantino says linking films to Newtown shooting dishonours dead |last=Child |first=Ben |date=January 4, 2013 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=March 8, 2019 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626223348/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/04/quentin-tarantino-newtown-shooting-disrespectful |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview with [[Terry Gross]], Tarantino expressed "annoyance" at the suggestion that there is a link between the two, saying, "I think it's disrespectful to [the] memory of those who died to talk about movies ... Obviously the issue is gun control and mental health."<ref>{{cite web |first=Emma |last=Dibdin |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a448570/quentin-tarantino-movie-violence-discussion-is-disrespectful.html |title=Quentin Tarantino: 'Movie violence discussion is disrespectful' – Movies News |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=January 4, 2013 |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117051137/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a448570/quentin-tarantino-movie-violence-discussion-is-disrespectful.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2015, Tarantino attended a rally held in New York protesting [[police brutality]]. The event aimed to call attention to "police brutality and its victims". At the event Tarantino made a speech, "I'm a human being with a conscience ... And when I see murder I cannot stand by. And I have to call the murdered the murdered and I have to call the murderers the murderers."<ref name="vox">{{cite web |last=St James |first=Emily |title=The police boycotts of Quentin Tarantino's movies, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2015/11/6/9680078/quentin-tarantino-police-boycott |website=Vox |language=en |date=November 6, 2015 |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009052127/https://www.vox.com/culture/2015/11/6/9680078/quentin-tarantino-police-boycott |url-status=live }}</ref>

As a response to Tarantino's comments police unions across the United States called for a boycott of his upcoming film at the time, ''The Hateful Eight''. [[Patrick Lynch (police officer)|Patrick J. Lynch]], union president of the [[Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York]], said, "It's no surprise that someone who makes a living glorifying crime and violence is a cop-hater, too. The police officers that Quentin Tarantino calls 'murderers' aren't living in one of his depraved big screen fantasies — they're risking and sometimes sacrificing their lives to protect communities from real crime and mayhem."<ref name="vox" /> The [[Los Angeles Police Department]] Chief [[Charlie Beck]] said Tarantino "doesn't understand the nature of the violence. Mr. Tarantino lives in a fantasy world. That's how he makes his living. His movies are extremely violent, but he doesn't understand violence. … Unfortunately, he mistakes lawful use of force for murder, and it's not."<ref>{{cite news |last=Whipp |first=Glenn |title=Quentin Tarantino 'not backing down' from remarks on police brutality |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-boycott-20151102-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 4, 2015 |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009052127/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-boycott-20151102-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino's response to this criticism was, "All cops are not murderers ... I never said that. I never even implied that."<ref name="vox" /> In an [[MSNBC]] interview with [[Chris Hayes]], he said, "Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest doesn't mean I'm anti-police."<ref>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Benjamin |title=Quentin Tarantino 'surprised' by police backlash over anti-brutality protest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/05/quentin-tarantino-surprised-by-police-backlash-over-anti-brutality-protest |work=The Guardian |date=November 5, 2015 |language=en |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009052127/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/05/quentin-tarantino-surprised-by-police-backlash-over-anti-brutality-protest |url-status=live }}</ref> He clarified his protest comments, "We were at a rally where unarmed people – mostly black and brown – who have been shot and killed or beaten or strangled by the police, and I was obviously referring to the people in those types of situations. I was referring to [[Killing of Eric Garner|Eric Garner]], I was referring to [[Killing of Samuel DuBose|Sam DuBose]], I was referring to Antonio Guzman Lopez, I was referring to [[Killing of Tamir Rice|Tamir Rice]] ... In those cases in particular that we're talking about, I actually do believe that they were murder{{Sic}}."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=Quentin Tarantino: 'I'm Not a Cop Hater' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/quentin-tarantino-clarifies-police-comments-im-not-a-cop-hater-45325/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 5, 2015 |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009052127/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/quentin-tarantino-clarifies-police-comments-im-not-a-cop-hater-45325/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{{Main|Quentin Tarantino filmography}}
[[File:Quentin Tarantino 2009.jpg|thumb|Tarantino at the ''Inglourious Basterds'' premiere in Leicester Square, July 23, 2009]]
Tarantino has stated that he plans to make a total of just ten films before retiring as a director, as a means of ensuring an overall high quality within his filmography. He believes "most directors have horrible last movies," that ending on a "decent movie is rare," and that ending on a "good movie is kind of phenomenal."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-direct-10-movies-stop-retire-reasons/|title=Why Quentin Tarantino Only Wants To Make 10 Movies (Will He Really Stop?)|author=Adrienne Tyler|website=Screen Rant|date=June 11, 2021|access-date=November 16, 2021|archive-date=November 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116165407/https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-direct-10-movies-stop-retire-reasons/|url-status=live}}</ref> Tarantino considers ''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' and ''Kill Bill: Volume 2'' to be a single movie.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=Quentin Tarantino Ends the 'Kill Bill' Debate Once and For All: It's Not Two Movies |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/quentin-tarantino-kill-bill-debate-one-movie-1202160707/ |access-date=July 15, 2022 |work=IndieWire |date=July 24, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=October 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002141603/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/quentin-tarantino-kill-bill-debate-one-movie-1202160707/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Directed features
!scope="col"| #
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Distribution
|-
| 1
| 1992
!scope="row"| ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''
| rowspan="5" | [[Miramax Films]]
|-
| 2
| 1994
!scope="row"| ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''
|-
| 3
| 1997
!scope="row"| ''[[Jackie Brown]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 4
| 2003
!scope="row"| ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1]]''
|-
| 2004
!scope="row"| ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]]''
|-
| 5
| 2007
!scope="row"| ''[[Death Proof]]''
| [[Dimension Films]]
|-
| 6
| 2009
!scope="row"| ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''
| [[The Weinstein Company]] / [[Universal Pictures]]
|-
| 7
| 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[Django Unchained]]''
| The Weinstein Company / [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]
|-
| 8
| 2015
!scope="row"| ''[[The Hateful Eight]]''
| The Weinstein Company
|-
| 9
| 2019
!scope="row"| ''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]''
| Sony Pictures Releasing / [[Huaxia Film Distribution]]
|}

== Awards, honors and recognition ==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Quentin Tarantino}}
Tarantino and his films have received numerous nominations for major awards, including Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, Golden Globe Awards, [[Directors Guild of America Award]]s, and [[Saturn Award]]s. He has won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay twice, for ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''Django Unchained''. He has been nominated four times for the {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}} at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], winning once for ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' in 1994. In addition to his recognition for writing and directing films, Tarantino has received five [[Grammy Award]] nominations and a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination.

In 2005, Tarantino was awarded the honorary [[Empire Special Honorary Awards#Icon of the Decade Award|Icon of the Decade]] at the [[10th Empire Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/awards2005/winners/icon.asp |title=The 10th Annual Sony Ericsson Empire Awards |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222041915/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2005/winners/icon.asp |archive-date=February 22, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has received lifetime achievement awards from two organizations, [[Cinemanila International Film Festival|Cinemanila]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pep.ph/guide/arts-and-culture/845/quentin-tarantino-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-from-cinemanila- |title=Quentin Tarantino to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Cinemanila |website=PEP.ph |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401025024/https://www.pep.ph/guide/arts-and-culture/845/quentin-tarantino-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-from-cinemanila- |url-status=live }}</ref> and from the [[Rome Film Festival]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2012/12/quentin-tarantino-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-from-rome-film-festival-394611/ |title=Quentin Tarantino To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From Rome Film Fest |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=December 28, 2012 |website=Deadline |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401015646/https://deadline.com/2012/12/quentin-tarantino-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-from-rome-film-festival-394611/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, Tarantino was given an [[Honorary César]] by the {{Lang|fr|[[Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma]]|italic=no}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-12587399 |title=Cesars for Polanski and Tarantino |date=February 26, 2011 |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401102949/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-12587399 |url-status=live }}</ref>

For his work on ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', Tarantino became the first director to ever sweep "[[List of Big Four Critic's Award winners and nominees#Best Director|The Big Four]]" critics awards ('''[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association|LA]]''', '''[[National Board of Review|NBR]]''', '''[[New York Film Critics Circle|NY]]''', '''[[National Society of Film Critics|NSFC]]''') and the first of the five directors (including [[Curtis Hanson]], [[Steven Soderbergh]], [[David Fincher]], and [[Barry Jenkins]]) to do so as of 2025.
=== Recognition ===
During his career, Tarantino's films have garnered a [[cult following]], as well as critical and commercial success.<ref name="Bio" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ashton |first1=Will |title=Reservoir Dogs: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Quentin Tarantino Cult Classic |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2553657/reservoir-dogs-behind-the-scenes-facts-about-the-quentin-tarantino-cult-classic |website=CinemaBlend |language=en |date=September 3, 2020 |access-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914053028/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2553657/reservoir-dogs-behind-the-scenes-facts-about-the-quentin-tarantino-cult-classic |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2005, he was included on the annual [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] list of the most influential people in the world.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1972656_1972696_1973085,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020153940/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C1972656_1972696_1973085%2C00.html |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |title=Quentin Tarantino – The 2005 Time 100 |date=April 18, 2005 |first=Richard |last=Corliss|url-status=live}}</ref>  He was also on ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' list of "Top 100 Living Geniuses" in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 30, 2007 |title=Top 100 living geniuses |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1567544/Top-100-living-geniuses.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803031241/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1567544/Top-100-living-geniuses.html |archive-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref> Filmmaker and historian [[Peter Bogdanovich]] has called him "the single most influential director of his generation".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/tarantino-unveils-django-the-shortest-long-western/ |title=Tarantino Unveils 'Django,' the Shortest Long Western |last=Ryzik |first=Melena |date=December 4, 2012 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213184518/http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/tarantino-unveils-django-the-shortest-long-western/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shone |first=Tom |date=October 8, 2017 |title=The Glorious Bullshit of "Reservoir Dogs," Twenty-Five Years Later |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-glorious-bullshit-of-reservoir-dogs-twenty-five-years-later |access-date=March 8, 2024 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308084046/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-glorious-bullshit-of-reservoir-dogs-twenty-five-years-later |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino has received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his contributions to the film industry.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Riefe |first1=Jordan |title=Quentin Tarantino Receives Star on Walk of Fame |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/quentin-tarantino-receives-star-walk-850614/ |access-date=January 25, 2022 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |date=December 21, 2015 |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125164328/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/quentin-tarantino-receives-star-walk-850614/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2013, a survey of seventeen academics was carried out to discover which filmmakers had been referenced the most in essays and dissertations on film that had been marked in the previous five years. It revealed that Tarantino was the most-studied director in the United Kingdom, ahead of Alfred Hitchcock, [[Christopher Nolan]], Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a529084/quentin-tarantino-is-most-studied-director-in-the-uk.html |title=Quentin Tarantino is most-studied director in the UK |date=November 6, 2013 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=November 6, 2013 |archive-date=November 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108105528/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a529084/quentin-tarantino-is-most-studied-director-in-the-uk.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Film
! colspan="2" | Academy Awards
! colspan="2" | Palme d'Or
! colspan="2" | BAFTA Awards
! colspan="2" | Golden Globe Awards
! colspan="2" | Saturn Awards
|-
! {{abbr|Nom.|Nominations}}
! Wins
! {{abbr|Nom.|Nominations}}
! Wins
! {{abbr|Nom.|Nominations}}
! Wins
! {{abbr|Nom.|Nominations}}
! Wins
! {{abbr|Nom.|Nominations}}
! Wins
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | 1994
| style="text-align: left;" | ''Pulp Fiction''
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 1
|-
|style="text-align: left;" | 1997
|style="text-align: left;" | ''Jackie Brown''
| 1
|
|
|
| 2
|
| 2
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | 2003
| style="text-align: left;" | ''Kill Bill: Volume 1''
|
|
|
|
| 5
|
| 1
|
| 7
| 2
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | 2004
| style="text-align: left;" | ''Kill Bill: Volume 2''
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2
|
| 7
| 3
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | 2007
| style="text-align: left;" | ''Death Proof''
|
|
| 1
|
|
|
|
|
| 1
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | 2009
| style="text-align: left;" | ''Inglourious Basterds''
| 8
| 1
| 1
|
| 6
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 7
| 1
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | 2012
| style="text-align: left;" | ''Django Unchained''
| 5
| 2
|
|
| 5
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 4
| 1
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | 2015
| style="text-align: left;" | ''The Hateful Eight''
| 3
| 1
|
|
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 5
|
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | 2019
| style="text-align: left;" | ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood''
| 10
| 2
| 1
|
| 10
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 7
| 3
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! 34
! 7
! 4
! 1
! 40
! 7
! 28
! 8
! 42
! 11
|}

'''Directed Academy Award performances'''<br />
Under Tarantino's direction, these actors have received [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations (and wins) for their performances in their respective roles.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Performer
!Film
!Result
|-
! colspan="4" |[[Academy Award for Best Actor]]
|-
|[[67th Academy Awards|1994]]
|[[John Travolta]]
|''[[Pulp Fiction]]''
|{{Nom}}
|-
|[[92nd Academy Awards|2019]]
|[[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
|''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]''
|{{Nom}}
|-
! colspan="4" |[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
|[[67th Academy Awards|1994]]
|[[Samuel L. Jackson]]
|''Pulp Fiction''
|{{Nom}}
|-
|[[70th Academy Awards|1997]]
|[[Robert Forster]]
|''[[Jackie Brown]]''
|{{Nom}}
|-
|[[82nd Academy Awards|2009]]
|[[Christoph Waltz]]
|''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[85th Academy Awards|2012]]
|[[Christoph Waltz]]
|''[[Django Unchained]]''
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[92nd Academy Awards|2019]]
|[[Brad Pitt]]
|''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood''
|{{Won}}
|-
! colspan="4" |[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|-
|[[67th Academy Awards|1994]]
|[[Uma Thurman]]
|''Pulp Fiction''
|{{Nom}}
|-
|[[88th Academy Awards|2015]]
|[[Jennifer Jason Leigh]]
|''[[The Hateful Eight]]''
|{{Nom}}
|-
|}

== Bibliography ==

* ''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (novel)|Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Cinema Speculation]]'' (2022)

== See also ==
* [[Quentin Tarantino's unrealized projects]]
* [[Quentin Tarantino Film Festival]], a film festival in Austin, Texas, United States, hosted by Tarantino
* ''[[QT8: The First Eight]]'', a 2019 documentary about Tarantino

== References ==
'''Footnotes'''
{{notelist}}

'''Citations'''
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Greene |editor1-first=Richard |editor2-first=K. Silem |editor2-last=Mohammad |title=Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy |location=Chicago |publisher=Open Court Books |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-8126-9634-9}}
* Levy, Emanuel. ''Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film''. New York: NYU Press, 1999; 2001 paperback.
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Waxman|editor1-first=Sharon|editor1-link=Sharon Waxman|title=Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System |publisher=New York: Harper Entertainment |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-06-054017-3|url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/rebelsonbacklots00waxm}}
* {{cite book|author=Rausch, Andrew J. |title=My Best Friend's Birthday: The Making of a Quentin Tarantino Film |location=Oklahoma|publisher= BearManor Media |year=2019 |isbn=978-1629334837}}

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