Quentin Tarantino filmography#Film
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| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |309x309px Tarantino at the French premiere of Django Unchained in 2013 |
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| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Feature films
| colspan="2" style="background:wheat; text-align:center; width:50px;" |10{{efn|name=fn1}} |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Short films
| colspan="2" style="background:wheat; text-align:center; width:50px;" |4 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Television
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Quentin Tarantino is an American filmmaker, actor and author who has made ten films.{{efn|name=fn1|Tarantino considers Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Volume 2 (2004) to be a single film, and so counts his output at nine films, despite there having been ten theatrically released movies.}} He first began his career in the 1980s by directing and writing Love Birds In Bondage{{cite book|last=Rife|first=Katherine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xV9YAQAAQBAJ&dq=love+birds+in+bondage+quentin+tarantino&pg=PT14|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|page=14|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}} and writing, directing and starring in the black-and-white My Best Friend's Birthday, an amateur short film which was never officially released. He impersonated musician Elvis Presley in a small role in the sitcom The Golden Girls (1988), and briefly appeared in Eddie Presley (1992). As an independent filmmaker, he directed, wrote, and appeared in the violent crime thriller Reservoir Dogs (1992), which tells the story of six strangers brought together for a jewelry heist. Proving to be Tarantino's breakthrough film, it was named the greatest independent film of all time by Empire.{{cite news|last1=Frost|first1=Caroline|title=Tim Roth: 'That Interviewer Came Out Looking Shabby, Not Quentin'|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/07/tim-roth-defends-quentin-tarantino-broken-arbitrage-monaco_n_2832225.html|access-date=July 11, 2016|work=The Huffington Post|date=March 7, 2013|archive-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809204629/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/07/tim-roth-defends-quentin-tarantino-broken-arbitrage-monaco_n_2832225.html|url-status=live}}{{cite journal | last = Dirks | first = Tim | title = Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films | url = http://www.filmsite.org/independentfilms3.html | journal = Empire | access-date = July 11, 2016 | archive-date = October 27, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201027151543/https://www.filmsite.org/independentfilms3.html | url-status = live }} Tarantino's screenplay for Tony Scott's True Romance (1993) was nominated for a Saturn Award.{{cite news|title=The Envelope: Hollywood's Awards and Industry Insider|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1993/1993sat.htm|access-date=July 11, 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017175615/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1993/1993sat.htm|archive-date=October 17, 2006}} Also in 1993, he served as an executive producer for Killing Zoe and wrote two other films.
In 1994, Tarantino wrote and directed the neo-noir black comedy Pulp Fiction, a major critical and commercial success. Cited in the media as a defining film of modern Hollywood, the film earned Tarantino an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a Best Director nomination.{{cite news|last1=Seal|first1=Mark|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|access-date=July 11, 2016|work=Vanity Fair|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}} The following year, Tarantino directed The Man from Hollywood, one of the four segments of the anthology film Four Rooms, and an episode of ER, entitled "Motherhood". He wrote Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk till Dawn (1996)—one of the many collaborations between them—which attained cult status and spawned several sequels,{{cite web|last1=Pedersen|first1=Erik|title='From Dusk Till Dawn' Lures Nicky Whelan & Maurice Compte For Season 3|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/from-dusk-till-dawn-nicky-whelan-maurice-compte-cast-season-3-1201768527/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=July 11, 2016|date=June 7, 2016|archive-date=July 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712005754/http://deadline.com/2016/06/from-dusk-till-dawn-nicky-whelan-maurice-compte-cast-season-3-1201768527/|url-status=live}} in which they served as executive producers. Tarantino's next directorial ventures Jackie Brown (1997) and Kill Bill (2003–2004) were met with critical acclaim.{{cite web|title=Jackie Brown|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackie_brown/|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 11, 2016|archive-date=March 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310091915/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackie_brown/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Quentin Tarantino teases possibility of Kill Bill 3|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/quentin-tarantino-teases-possibility-of-third-kill-bill-film/news-story/e3e2b8bcbf92634a7d23d3adae37413d|publisher=News.com.au|access-date=July 11, 2016|date=December 7, 2015|archive-date=September 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917063138/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/quentin-tarantino-teases-possibility-of-third-kill-bill-film/news-story/e3e2b8bcbf92634a7d23d3adae37413d|url-status=live}} The latter, a two-part martial arts film (Volume 1 and Volume 2{{--)}}, follows a former assassin seeking revenge on her ex-colleagues who attempted to kill her.
Tarantino's direction of "Grave Danger", a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode, garnered him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series nomination.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/columns/the_pulse_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000991490|title=Tarantino looks to add an Emmy to his Oscar|last=Richmond|first=Ray|date=July 26, 2005|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url-access=subscription|access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315121045/http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-134957055/tarantino-looks-add-emmy-his-oscar|archive-date=March 15, 2012}} He directed a scene in Frank Miller and Rodriguez's Sin City (2005). Tarantino and Rodriguez later collaborated in the double feature Grindhouse (2007), Tarantino directed the segment Death Proof. He next penned and directed the war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), a fictionalized account of the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. The critically and commercially successful film earned Tarantino two nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards—Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.{{cite news|last1=Child|first1=Ben|title=How Inglourious Basterds freed Quentin Tarantino|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/feb/17/quentin-tarantino-oscars-inglourious-basterds|access-date=July 12, 2016|work=The Guardian|date=February 17, 2010|archive-date=October 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010200151/http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/feb/17/quentin-tarantino-oscars-inglourious-basterds|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Nigel M.|title=Quentin Tarantino: 'I don't know if I will ever win a best director award'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/09/quentin-tarantino-best-director-award|access-date=July 12, 2016|work=The Guardian|date=December 9, 2015|archive-date=June 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614150729/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/09/quentin-tarantino-best-director-award|url-status=live}} His greatest commercial success came with the 2012 Western film Django Unchained, which is about a slave revolt in the Antebellum South. Earning $426.1{{nbsp}}million worldwide, it won him another Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.{{cite web|title=Quentin Tarantino|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=tarantino.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830125640/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=tarantino.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/oscars/news/a461287/oscars-2013-argo-adele-jennifer-lawrence-anne-hathaway-triumph/|title=Oscars 2013: 'Argo', Adele, Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway triumph|last=Goodacre|first=Kate|date=February 25, 2013|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-date=September 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910210251/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/oscars/news/a461287/oscars-2013-argo-adele-jennifer-lawrence-anne-hathaway-triumph/|url-status=live}} Tarantino then wrote and directed another commercially successful Western film, The Hateful Eight (2015),{{cite web|title=The Hateful Eight (2015)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thehatefuleight.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-date=August 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805204810/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thehatefuleight.htm|url-status=live}} whose screenplay was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/08/baftas-2016-full-list-of-nominations|title=Baftas 2016: full list of nominations|last=Gray|first=Tim|date=January 8, 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=July 13, 2016|archive-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616203856/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/08/baftas-2016-full-list-of-nominations|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/awards/golden-globe-nominations-2016-1201658153/|title='Carol,' Netflix Lead Golden Globes Nomination|last=Lang|first=Brent|date=December 10, 2015|work=Variety|access-date=July 13, 2016|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117044750/https://variety.com/2015/film/awards/golden-globe-nominations-2016-1201658153/|url-status=live}} He wrote the 2019 drama Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, which follows a fading actor and his stunt double as they navigate 1969 Hollywood. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.{{Cite news |title=Oscars: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-winners-2020-updating-live-full-list-1275973/item/motion-picture-1275975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212145218/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-winners-2020-updating-live-full-list-1275973/item/motion-picture-1275975 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |date=February 9, 2020 |access-date=February 28, 2023 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}
Film
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! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" | Writer ! scope="col" | Producer ! scope="col" class=unsortable | Notes ! scope="col" class=unsortable | {{Refh}} |
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| scope="row"| 1986
| Love Birds In Bondage | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | Unfinished short film |
| scope="row"| 1987
| {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | Unfinished feature film |
| scope="row"| 1995
| {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Partial|Executive}} | Segment from Four Rooms |
| scope="row"| 2005
| {{Partial|Guest}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Segment from Sin City |
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=Executive producer only=
=Acting roles and documentary appearances=
Television
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Reception
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|+ !Year !Film !Budget |
| 1992
|$1.2 million |$2,931,191 |
| 1994
|$8.5 million |$213,928,762 |
| 1997
|$12 million |$39,693,845 |
| 2003
|$30 million |$180,899,045 |
| 2004
|$30 million |$154,116,796 |
| 2007
|$30 million |$31,126,421 |
| 2009
|$70 million |$321,455,689 |
| 2012
|$100 million |$426,076,293 |
| 2015
|$62 million |$161,217,616 |
| 2019
|Once Upon A Time In Hollywood |$96 million |$392,105,159 |
Video games
- 1996: Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair as Jack Cavello{{cite book|last=McBride|first=Joseph|title=Steven Spielberg: A Biography|year=2012|publisher=Faber and Faber|isbn=9780571280551|page=333|edition=Third}}
- 2001: From Dusk Till Dawn (Based on the film of the same name written by Tarantino){{cite web |last=Bye |first=John "Gestalt" |date=September 16, 2001 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_fdtd |title=From Dusk Till Dawn |publisher=Eurogamer |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011222203503/http://www.eurogamer.net/content/r_fdtd/ |archivedate=December 22, 2001 |url-status=live |access-date=February 6, 2025}}
- 2006: Reservoir Dogs (Based on the film of the same name written and directed by Tarantino){{cite web|last=Navarro|first=Alex|date=October 25, 2006|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/reservoir-dogs-review/1900-6160513/|title=Reservoir Dogs Review|website=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=February 6, 2025|archive-date=June 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603231811/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/reservoir-dogs-review/1900-6160513/|url-status=live}}
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