Quentin Tarantino (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Quentin Tarantino

Looking for reviews of films directed by Quentin Tarantino? Cinafilm has a total of 10,601 reviews across 14 movies directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 77%.

Pulp Fiction is Quentin Tarantino's highest rated movie, with a score of 90% based on 1,016 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Quentin Tarantino is My Best Friend's Birthday, with a score of 52% based on 31 reviews.

Director Biography

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s he was an independent filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines and aestheticization of violence. His films have earned him a variety of Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Palme d'Or Awards and he has been nominated for Emmy and Grammy Awards. In 2007, Total Film named him the 12th-greatest director of all time.

Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Connie McHugh Tarantino Zastoupil, a health care executive and nurse born in Knoxville, and Tony Tarantino, an actor and amateur musician born in Queens, New York.

Tarantino's mother allowed him to quit school at age 17, to attend an acting class full time. Tarantino gave up acting while attending the acting school, saying that he admired directors more than actors. Tarantino also worked in a video rental store before becoming a filmmaker, paid close attention to the types of films people liked to rent, and has cited that experience as inspiration for his directorial career.

Tarantino has been romantically linked with numerous entertainers, including actress Mira Sorvino, directors Allison Anders and Sofia Coppola, actresses Julie Dreyfus and Shar Jackson and comedians Kathy Griffin and Margaret Cho. He has never married and has no children.

Quentin Tarantino has directed films starring Samuel L. Jackson, James Parks, Michael Madsen and Michael Parks.

Quentin Tarantino has collaborated with these film directors: Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders and Alexandre Rockwell.