American Film Director: Quientin Tarantino

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Quentin Tarantino is considered an American Film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (Erlewine, Stephan). Tarantino is a man of talent who has contributed to film history with his creativity, knowledge, and motivation. Many people may be familiar with him because of his most recent movie, Django Unchained, which came out in 2012 ("Quentin Tarantino Awards and Nominations”). As a high school dropout, Tarantino has faced many challenges and has worked hard to overcome those challenges, becoming a successful man in the film industry contributing much to the film industry, audiences, and his fans. As a young boy, Quentin Tarantino had a passion for films. Quentin was an only child born in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 27th, 1963. He came from a family where his father was an actor, but his father had left the family before he was born. With his father out of the picture, Tarantino did not learn much about acting from his father, but from others around him. For example, his grandmother was a huge influence in Tarartino’s life because she would take him to the movies which enhanced “his creativity in unusual ways”. As Tarantino was growing up, he loved anything that had to do with films, comic books, and storytelling. Tarantino would write sad Mother’s day stories and give them to his mom as a Mother’s day gift where she would always die in the story. His mother, Connie Zastoupil would say, “It was enough to bring tears into a mother’s eye” (“Quentin Tarantino Biography”). As a child, he did not give much attention to school because he thought it was better use of his time focusing on something he was actually interested in. As foreseen, Tarantino eventually dropped out of high school working as an usher at a theatre. He soo... ... middle of paper ... ...ves were in that period of time or in that actual moment, feeling the extreme outbursts of violence when the scenes are going on. Each movie being different in itself makes his work breathtaking. Works Cited Erlewine, Stephan. "Quentin Tarantino." The New York Times. Baseline, n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2014.. "Quentin Tarantino Awards and Nominations." MSN Entertainment. AMG, n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2014. . "Quentin Tarantino Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2014. . Skike, Avan. "Storify." Storify. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2014. .

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