Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Quentin Tarantino - Biography

Born - 27th March 1963, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Years Active - 1988 to Present

Tarantino plans to retire from film-making at 60, to focus on film literature and writing novels. He says "If it actually gets to a place where you can't show 35mm film in theatres anymore and everything is digital projection, I won't even make it to 60."

Reservoir Dogs was given the Critic's Award at the 4th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 1993.
Pulp Fiction won the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. The film was nominated for seven oscars, winning one for Best Supporting Actor.
Won the Icon of the Decade award at the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards in 2005.
In 2007, Tarantino was presented with a lifetime achievement award by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
In 2010, Inglourious Basterds was nominated for 8 oscars, winning one for Best Supporting Actor, played by Christoph Waltz.

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