Quentin Tarantino Highlights

  • 2009: Wrote and directed the film, "Inglourious Basterds," about a group of U.S. soldiers in Nazi occupied France during World War II
  • 2007: Helmed "Death Proof," the slasher themed half of the goretastic double feature of "Grind House," a collaboration with Robert Rodriguez
  • 2005: Directed the fifth season finale of CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"; earned an Emmy nomination
  • 2005: Produced Eli Roth's horror film, "Hostel"
  • 2004: Brought the Chinese martial arts film "Hero" to the US
  • 2003: Wrote script "Kill Bill" for actress Uma Thurman; was scheduled to direct in 2001 but was postponed after Thurman became pregnant; released in two volumes "Kill Bill vol. 1" (2003) and "Kill Bill vol. 2" (2004)
  • 2002: Had a recurring role on ABC's drama series, "Alias"
  • 2001: Produced the US release of the Hong Kong martial arts film "Iron Monkey"
  • 2000: Had featured role in "Little Nicky," starring Adam Sandler
  • 1998: Starred on stage opposite Marisa Tomei in a revival of "Wait Until Dark"
  • 1997: With Bender, launched A Band Apart Records to market and distribute recordings made on Madonna's Maverick label
  • 1997: Wrote and directed the film, "Jackie Brown," an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel "Rum Punch"; tailored leading role for actress Pam Grier
  • 1996: Appeared in and wrote the script for Robert Rodriguez's "From Dusk Till Dawn"
  • 1995: Made TV directing debut with "Motherhood," an episode of the hit NBC medical drama "ER"
  • 1995: Formed Rolling Thunder (with Bender), a specialty distribution label under Miramax Pictures, designed to acquire, distribute and market their films
  • 1995: Played first feature lead, Johnny Destiny in "Destiny Turns on the Radio"
  • 1995: First collaboration with writer-director Rodriguez, played a small role in "Desperado"
  • 1995: With Bender, launched A Band Apart Commercials, a commercial production house under the Miramax banner
  • 1994: Received story credit for Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers"
  • 1994: Received strong notices for his performance in "Sleep With Me"
  • 1994: First film as producer only, "Killing Zoe"; Roger Avary's debut as a writer-director
  • 1994: Had breakthrough feature film with "Pulp Fiction"; directed, co-wrote and acted in
  • 1993: First film as screenwriter only, "True Romance"; directed by Tony Scott and co-starred Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette
  • 1992: Met future collaborator, writer-director Robert Rodriguez, at the Toronto Film Festival
  • 1992: Premiered directorial debut, "Reservoir Dogs," at the Sundance Film festival; also co-wrote (with Avary) and co-starred as Mr. Brown
  • 1991: Formed A Band Apart Productions with producer Lawrence Bender
  • 1990: Made acting debut, as an Elvis impersonator, in an episode of NBC's "The Golden Girls"
  • 1990: Commissioned to write a screenplay based on a 6-page story by Robert Kurtzman (co-founder of the special effects makeup company KNB Effects); eventually became "From Dusk Till Dawn"
  • 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
  • Began making (unfinished) first film, "My Best Friend's Birthday" from a screenplay co-written with Craig Hamann; they both co-starred
  • Met future producer Lawrence Bender while working at Cinetel Productions

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