Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino, the maverick of modern cinema, was born in 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA and has been actively directing films since 1987. Known for his distinctive style in crime, action, and drama genres, he has gifted the world cinematic marvels like "Pulp Fiction," "Reservoir Dogs," and "Django Unchained," with the latter earning him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Tarantino's auteur style is characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter, aestheticization of violence, extended dialogue scenes, references to pop culture and a wide variety of other films, soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s, and features of neo-noir film.
Quentin, with his ever-charismatic personality and unyielding love for cinema, continues to challenge the norms of Hollywood, cementing his place as a true iconoclast in the film industry.