Influential Film Makers

6. Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino was born on March 27, 1963, in Knoxville, Tennessee but he moved to California in 1967. He is the only child of Connie McHugh, who is part Cherokee and part Irish, and actor Tony Tarantino.

While he was working in a video store, he wrote the scripts of Natural Born Killers and True Romance.

In 1992 he directed his first film Reservoir Dogs

In 1994 he directed Pulp Fiction which was both a commercial and critical success. In the United States, it earned over $108 million at the box office, becoming the first independent film to do so. Pulp Fiction won the prestigious Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994 and received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Many people say that his most popular film is Kill Bill.

Based on http://www.biography.com/people/quentin-tarantino-9502086#pulp-fiction