He remained there less than a year before returning to California. After his mother divorced Zastoupil in 1973, and received a misdiagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma, Tarantino was sent to live with his grandparents in Tennessee. Zastoupil accompanied Tarantino to numerous film screenings while his mother allowed him to see more mature movies, such as Carnal Knowledge (1971) and Deliverance (1972). Tarantino's mother married musician Curtis Zastoupil soon after arriving in Los Angeles, and the family moved to Torrance, a city in Los Angeles County's South Bay area. In 1966, Tarantino returned with his mother to Los Angeles. After a brief marriage and divorce, Connie left Los Angeles and moved to Knoxville, where her parents lived. Tarantino's mother met his father during a trip to Los Angeles. He was named in part after Quint Asper, Burt Reynolds's character in the TV series Gunsmoke. Tarantino identifies as having Cherokee descent through his mother, who is of Irish descent on her other side his father is of Italian descent. Tarantino was born on March 27, 1963, in Knoxville, Tennessee, the only child of Connie McHugh and aspiring actor Tony Tarantino, who left the family before his son's birth. Other major awards won by Tarantino include two BAFTAs and four Golden Globes. During Tarantino's career, his films have garnered a cult following as well as critical and commercial success, he has been considered "the single most influential director of his generation". Tarantino's work has been subject to criticism, such as the depictions of violence and frequent inclusion of racial slurs. A novelization of the film written by Tarantino was published in 2021, becoming his debut novel. His most recent film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), is a comedy drama set in the late 1960s about the transition of Old Hollywood to New Hollywood. His eighth film, The Hateful Eight (2015), is a revisionist Western thriller and opened to audiences with a roadshow release. He followed this with Django Unchained (2012), a slave revenge Spaghetti Western, which won him his second Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His next film, Inglourious Basterds (2009), follows an alternate account of World War II. He then made the exploitation- slasher Death Proof (2007), part of a double feature with Robert Rodriguez released under the collective title Grindhouse. In 2003, Tarantino directed Kill Bill: Volume 1, inspired by the traditions of martial arts films it was followed by Volume 2 in 2004, with both volumes combined regarded as a single film. Tarantino's third film, Jackie Brown (1997), paid homage to blaxploitation films. In 1996, he wrote and starred in From Dusk till Dawn. His second film, Pulp Fiction (1994), a dark comedy crime thriller, was a major success with critics and audiences winning numerous awards, including the Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Tarantino began his career as an independent filmmaker with the release of the crime film Reservoir Dogs in 1992. His films are characterized by stylized violence, extended dialogue including a pervasive use of profanity, and references to popular culture. Quentin Jerome Tarantino ( / ˌ t ær ən ˈ t iː n oʊ/ born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor.
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