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AKA: Quentin Jerome Tarantino
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 03/27/1963
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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The career of Quentin Tarantino instantly became the stuff of Hollywood legend. Of course, winning an Oscar, Golden Globe and numerous critics' awards for Best Original Screenplay for the groundbreaking and much-imitated "Pulp Fiction" (1994) added significantly to his luster. Not bad for a high school dropout who picked up much of his film education while working as a video store clerk. For better or worse, the entertainment press selected Tarantino as the symbol of a new generation of young, hot directors. Hailed by Variety as "the video store generation of filmmakers,” these would-be
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Began making (unfinished) first film, "My Best Friend's Birthday" from a screenplay co-written with Craig Hamann; they both co-starred
1985
Spent five years working at Video Archives, a well-stocked video store in Manhattan Beach, CA; co-worker was future writing collaborator Roger Avary
Hired with Avary as production assistants for a Dolph Lundgren video after impressing producer John Langley - a regular customer at Video Archives - with their film knowledge
Met future producer Lawrence Bender while working at Cinetel Productions
1990
Made acting debut, as an Elvis impersonator, in an episode of NBC's "The Golden Girls"
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