Quentin Tarantino
Retrospective honours 'Postman Only Rings Twice' director
Mar 14, 2013 07:54 EDT
Growing up as the daughter of film director Tay Garnett, best known for his 1946 thriller "The Postman Only Rings Twice", Tiela Garnett learned all about the highs and lows of Hollywood from an early age.
'Argo' wins best picture on shared Oscars night
Feb 25, 2013 09:40 EST
Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" won the coveted best film Oscar late Sunday, while Daniel Day-Lewis took a record third best actor prize at the 85th Academy Awards, Hollywood's biggest night.
'Argo' wins best picture, on shared Oscars night
Feb 25, 2013 00:32 EST
Ben Affleck's Iran hostage crisis drama "Argo" won the coveted best film Oscar on Sunday at the climax of the 85th Academy Awards, Hollywood's biggest night which saw many movies honored.
'Pi', 'Les Miz' win early Oscars; top prizes to come
Feb 24, 2013 22:55 EST
Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" and "Les Miserables" won early Oscars Sunday at a musical show where the race for the top Academy Awards was on a knife-edge between frontrunners "Argo" and "Lincoln."
Hollywood stars take seats for unpredictable Oscars
Feb 24, 2013 22:20 EST
Oscars host Seth MacFarlane kicked off an unpredictable 85th Academy Awards show, with Iran hostage drama "Argo" vying to beat Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" on Hollywood's biggest night.
Hollywood gathers for unpredictable Oscars show
Feb 24, 2013 14:33 EST
Hollywood's finest gathered Sunday for the Oscars, with Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" bidding to edge out Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" in one of the least predictable races in years.
'Argo' tipped as stage set for Oscars
Feb 24, 2013 08:31 EST
The stage is set for the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday, with Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" bidding to edge out Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" at the climax of Hollywood's awards season.
Hollywood prepares for its Oscars close-up
Feb 23, 2013 21:29 EST
The stage is set for the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday, with Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" bidding to edge out Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" at the climax of Hollywood's awards season.
'Identity Thief' tops N. America box office
Feb 11, 2013 16:09 EST
The comedy "Identity Thief" defied mediocre reviews by critics and topped the box office in the United States and Canada in its opening weekend, industry figures showed Monday.
Ben Affleck's 'Argo' named best film at BAFTAs
Feb 11, 2013 03:13 EST
Iran hostage crisis drama "Argo" won the best film prize at Britain's BAFTA awards in a further boost for US actor-director Ben Affleck's movie ahead of the Oscars later this month.
Ben Affleck's 'Argo' named best film at British BAFTAs
Feb 10, 2013 20:54 EST
Iran hostage crisis drama "Argo" won the best film prize at Britain's BAFTA awards in a further boost for US actor-director Ben Affleck's movie ahead of the Oscars later this month.
Ben Affleck's 'Argo' wins best film at Britain's BAFTAs
Feb 10, 2013 17:02 EST
Iran hostage crisis drama "Argo" won the best film prize at Britain's BAFTA awards on Sunday, in a further boost for US actor-director Ben Affleck's movie at the Oscars later this month.
Blood-soaked gangster tale takes US stars to Bucharest
Feb 09, 2013 15:15 EST
A Tarantino-tinged love story plunging US up-and-coming actors Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood into the Bucharest underworld dazzled the Berlin film festival Saturday.
Female Western hero stars at Berlin film festival
Feb 09, 2013 11:45 EST
Snapping bear traps, howling wolf packs and an amateur amputation in a Canadian forest await 1890s German fortune hunters in "Gold", one of two Western-themed contenders premiering at the Berlin film festival Saturday.
'Warm Bodies' tops N. America box office
Feb 04, 2013 16:26 EST
The romantic zombie comedy "Warm Bodies" topped the North American box office on its opening weekend, taking in more than twice as much as its nearest rival, industry figures said Monday.
'Hansel & Gretel' tops N. America box office
Jan 28, 2013 16:55 EST
A horror-movie twist on the classic "Hansel and Gretel" fairy tale shot straight to the top slot at the North American weekend box office, industry figures showed Monday.
'Hansel & Gretel' tops N. America box office
Jan 27, 2013 14:27 EST
A horror-movie twist on the classic "Hansel and Gretel" fairy tale broke out in the top slot at the North American weekend box office, industry estimates showed Sunday.
'Django Unchained' dolls banned by eBay as 'offensive'
Jan 24, 2013 17:39 EST
Online auction giant eBay has banned the sale of dolls linked to Quentin Tarantino's blood-soaked western about a freed slave "Django Unchained," describing them as "offensive," on Thursday.
'Mama' screams to top of N. America box office
Jan 22, 2013 19:56 EST
Newly released horror film "Mama" pushed the Oscar-tipped bin Laden manhunt movie "Zero Dark Thirty" out of the top slot at the North American weekend box office, industry figures showed Tuesday.
'Mama' screams to top of N. America box office
Jan 20, 2013 15:03 EST
Newly released horror film "Mama" pushed the Oscar-tipped bin Laden manhunt movie "Zero Dark Thirty" out of the top slot at the North American weekend box office, industry estimates showed Sunday.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Quentin Tarantino | |
|---|---|
Tarantino at the Scream Awards, October 19, 2007 | |
| Born | Quentin Jerome Tarantino March 27, 1963 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor |
| Years active | 1988 – present |