Editing Quentin Tarantino (section)

== Career ==
===1980–1989: Early jobs and screenplays===
Through the 1980s, Tarantino had a number of jobs. After lying about his age, he worked as an [[Usher (occupation)|usher]] at an [[adult movie theater]] in Torrance, called the [[Pussycat Theater]]. He spent time as a recruiter in the [[aerospace manufacturer|aerospace industry]], and for five years he worked at [[Video Archives]], a video store in [[Manhattan Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Pocket Essential Guide |last1=Holm |first1=D.K. |date=2004 |publisher=Summersdale Publishers |isbn=978-1-84839-866-5 |pages=27–8}}</ref><ref name="IGNFF-Strong">{{cite news |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/05/19/an-interview-with-danny-strong?page=1 |title=An Interview with Danny Strong |first=Ken |last=P. |date=May 19, 2003 |work=[[IGN]] |access-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728200116/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/05/19/an-interview-with-danny-strong?page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was well known in the local community for his film knowledge and video recommendations; Tarantino stated, "When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, 'No, I went to films."<ref>{{cite web|last=Webb|first=Daisy|date=December 26, 2019|title=Iconic directors who avoided the classroom|url=https://filmdaily.co/craft/directors-who-swerved-the-classroom/|access-date=September 24, 2020|website=Film Daily News|language=en-US|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210115204022/https://filmdaily.co/craft/directors-who-swerved-the-classroom/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Actor [[Danny Strong]] describes Tarantino as "such a movie buff. He had so much knowledge of films that he would try to get people to watch really cool movies."<ref name="IGNFF-Strong" />
}} In 1986, Tarantino was employed in his first Hollywood job, working with Video Archives colleague [[Roger Avary]], as [[production assistant]]s on [[Dolph Lundgren]]'s exercise video, ''Maximum Potential''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dolph-ultimate.com/dolph-in/maximum2.html |title=Maximum Potential |website=DOLPH :: the ultimate guide for |publisher=Jérémie D. |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=October 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021224404/http://www.dolph-ultimate.com/dolph-in/maximum2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Before working at Video Archives, Tarantino co-wrote ''Love Birds In Bondage'' with Scott Magill. Tarantino would go on to produce and direct the short film. Magill committed suicide in 1987, after which all film shot was destroyed.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rife|first=Katherine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xV9YAQAAQBAJ&dq=love+birds+in+bondage+quentin+tarantino&pg=PT14|page=14|title=If You Like Quentin Tarantino...: Here Are Over 200 Films, TV Shows, and Other Oddities That You Will Love|publisher=Limelight Editions|date=October 1, 2012|access-date=March 9, 2022|isbn=9780879103996|via=[[Google Books]]|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312234614/https://books.google.com/books?id=xV9YAQAAQBAJ&dq=love+birds+in+bondage+quentin+tarantino&pg=PT14|url-status=live}}</ref> Later, Tarantino attended acting classes at the [[James Best]] Theatre Company, where he met several of his eventual collaborators for his next film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livingmgz.com/glamour/the-man-the-myth-the-legend-quentin-tarantino/7.html?br_t=ch&fab=1|title=The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Quentin Tarantino|website=Living Magazine|date=July 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120132329/https://www.livingmgz.com/glamour/the-man-the-myth-the-legend-quentin-tarantino/13.html?br_t=ch|archive-date=November 20, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/quentin-tarantino-after-sandy-hook-has-america-lost-its-appetite-blood-and-guts-8448649.html|title=Quentin Tarantino: after Sandy Hook, has America lost its appetite for blood and guts?|date=January 11, 2013|first=John|last=Walsh|website=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120132422/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/quentin-tarantino-after-sandy-hook-has-america-lost-its-appetite-blood-and-guts-8448649.html|archive-date=November 20, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref>{{efn|While at James Best, Tarantino also met Craig Hamann, with whom he would collaborate to produce his second film in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trainwreckdsociety.com/2020/02/03/craig-hamann-interview/|title=Craig Hamann [Interview]|date=February 3, 2020|website=Trainwreck'd Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924045346/https://trainwreckdsociety.com/2020/02/03/craig-hamann-interview/|archive-date=September 24, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref><ref name="IFH">{{cite web|last=Ferrari|first=Alex|date=November 5, 2016|title=Quentin Tarantino's Unreleased Feature Film: My Best Friend's Birthday|url=https://www.indiefilmhustle.com/quentin-tarantino/|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=Indie Film Hustle|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213225/https://indiefilmhustle.com/quentin-tarantino/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} In 1987, Tarantino co-wrote and directed ''[[My Best Friend's Birthday]]'' (1987). It was left uncompleted, but some of its dialogue was included in ''[[True Romance]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brevet |first=Brad |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/587142-read-quentin-tarantinos-first-produced-screenplay-best-friends-birthday |title=Read Quentin Tarantino's First Produced Screenplay for 'My Best Friend's Birthday' |website=ComingSoon.net |date=January 1, 2014 |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213636/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/587142-read-quentin-tarantinos-first-produced-screenplay-best-friends-birthday |url-status=live }}</ref>

The following year, he played an [[Elvis impersonator]] in "Sophia's Wedding: Part 1", an episode in the [[The Golden Girls (season 4)|fourth season]] of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', which was broadcast on November 19, 1988.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.avclub.com/hey-let-s-remember-the-time-quentin-tarantino-was-on-g-1798259532 |title=Hey, let's remember the time Quentin Tarantino was on Golden Girls |last=Neilan |first=Dan |work=News |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921115013/https://news.avclub.com/hey-let-s-remember-the-time-quentin-tarantino-was-on-g-1798259532 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino recalled that the pay he received for the part helped support him during the preproduction of ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''; he estimated he was initially paid about $650 but went on to receive about $3,000 in [[Residual (entertainment industry)|residuals]] over three years because the episode was frequently rerun due to it being on a "best of..." lineup.<ref>{{Cite AV media|title= Quentin Tarantino Reveals How The Golden Girls Helped Get Reservoir Dogs Made|work=[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]|date=January 8, 2020|medium=[[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqR7iDUU1lk&feature=youtu.be |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/UqR7iDUU1lk| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=January 19, 2021}}{{cbignore}} [https://archive.org/details/quentin-tarantino-reveals-how-the-golden-girls-helped-get-reservoir-dogs-made Alt URL]</ref>

=== 1990–1999: Breakthrough and acclaim ===
[[File:Rodriguez and Tarantino, 2007.jpg|thumb|Tarantino has had a number of collaborations with director [[Robert Rodriguez]].|alt=Tarantino has had a number of collaborations with director Robert Rodriguez]]
After meeting [[Lawrence Bender]] at a friend's barbecue, Tarantino discussed with him about an unwritten dialogue-driven [[heist film]]. Bender encouraged Tarantino to write the screenplay, which he wrote in three and a half weeks and presented to Bender unformatted. Impressed with the script, Bender managed to forward it through contacts to director [[Monte Hellman]].<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=D.K. |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Pocket Essential Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Summersdale Publishers |isbn=978-1-84839-866-5 |pages=26–7}}</ref> Hellman cleaned up the screenplay and helped secure funding from [[Richard N. Gladstein]] at Live Entertainment (which later became Artisan, now known as [[Lionsgate]]).<ref>{{cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |title=A Film Maker and the Art of the Deal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/22/movies/a-film-maker-and-the-art-of-the-deal.html |work=The New York Times |date=September 22, 1994 |access-date=September 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709114430/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/22/movies/a-film-maker-and-the-art-of-the-deal.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harvey Keitel]] read the script and also contributed to the budget, taking a role as co-producer and also playing a major part in the picture. In January 1992, it was released as Tarantino's crime thriller ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''—which he wrote, directed, and acted in as Mr. Brown—and screened at the [[Sundance Film Festival]]. The film was an immediate hit, receiving a positive response from critics.<ref>Keitel heard of the script through his wife, who had attended a class with Lawrence Bender (see ''Reservoir Dogs'' special edition DVD commentary).</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mark |first=Seal |title=The Making of Pulp Fiction: Quentin Tarantino's and the Cast's Retelling |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/03/making-of-pulp-fiction-oral-history |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=February 13, 2013 |access-date=September 19, 2022 |archive-date=December 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220202306/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/03/making-of-pulp-fiction-oral-history |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino's screenplay ''True Romance'' was [[option (filmmaking)|optioned]] and the film was eventually released in 1993. The second script that Tarantino sold was for the film ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'', which was revised by Dave Veloz, Richard Rutowski and director [[Oliver Stone]]. Tarantino was given story credit and stated in an interview that he wished the film well, but later disowned the final film.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fuller |first=Graham |editor=Peary, Gerald |title=Quentin Tarantino: Interviews |year=1998 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-57806-051-1 |pages=57–59 |chapter=Graham Fuller/1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10372875/Quentin-Tarantino-planet-Earth-couldnt-handle-my-serial-killer-movie.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10372875/Quentin-Tarantino-planet-Earth-couldnt-handle-my-serial-killer-movie.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Quentin Tarantino: planet Earth couldn't handle my serial killer movie |first=Telegraph Reporters and |last=AFP |date=October 11, 2013 |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Tarantino also did an uncredited rewrite on ''[[It's Pat]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite news |last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin |title=Weird Trivia: Quentin Tarantino Did An Uncredited Rewrite On 'It's Pat' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/04/weird-trivia-quentin-tarantino-did-an-uncredited-rewrite-on-its-pat-87243/ |work=IndieWire |date=April 10, 2014 |language=en |access-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216164005/http://www.indiewire.com/2014/04/weird-trivia-quentin-tarantino-did-an-uncredited-rewrite-on-its-pat-87243/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Margy |last=Rochlin |title=Playboy November '94: 20 Questions |url=https://thenewbev.com/quentin-news/playboy-94-20-questions/ |website=thenewbev.com |date=November 1994 |language=en |access-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904055042/https://thenewbev.com/quentin-news/playboy-94-20-questions|url-status=live }}</ref> Other films where he was an uncredited screenwriter include ''[[Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]'' (1995) and ''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]'' (1996).<ref name="QT">{{cite book |first=Gerald |last=Peary |title=Quentin Tarantino Interviews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5SdiFJmswcC |series=[[Conversations with Filmmakers Series]] |date=August 1998 |access-date=August 3, 2008 |publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] |isbn=978-1-57806-050-4 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5SdiFJmswcC&q=Tarantino+Crimson&pg=PR18 |page=xviii |archive-date=April 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430092429/https://books.google.com/books?id=c5SdiFJmswcC |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following the success of ''Reservoir Dogs'', Tarantino was approached by [[major film studios]] and offered projects that included ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'' (1994) and ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'' (1997), but he instead retreated to [[Amsterdam]] to work on his script for ''Pulp Fiction''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/men-black-movies-hidden-secrets-facts-trivia/5/?v=8 |title=Quentin Tarantino and John Landis Turned Down The Chance To Direct Men In Black |website=[[Screen Rant]] |first=Jeff |last=Rindskopf |date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=October 26, 2018 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027061549/https://screenrant.com/men-black-movies-hidden-secrets-facts-trivia/5/?v=8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021942/bio |title=Quentin Tarantino Biography |publisher=Yahoo Movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113131712/https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021942/bio |archive-date=January 13, 2012|url-status=dead |access-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref> Tarantino wrote, directed, and acted in the dark comedy crime film ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' in 1994,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=March 14, 2023 |title=Quentin Tarantino's Final Film Is Coming as Filmmaker Readies 'The Movie Critic' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-sets-the-movie-critic-final-movie-1235351260/ |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314235931/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-sets-the-movie-critic-final-movie-1235351260/ |url-status=live }}</ref> maintaining the graphic depiction of violence from his earlier film as well as the [[Nonlinear narrative|non-linear]] storylines. Tarantino received the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]], which he shared with Roger Avary, who contributed to the story. He also received a nomination in the [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] category. The film received another five nominations, including for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. Tarantino also won the {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}} for the film at the [[1994 Cannes Film Festival]]. The film grossed over $200 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pulpfiction.htm |title=Pulp Fiction (1994) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207135149/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pulpfiction.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and earned positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pulp_fiction/ |title=Pulp Fiction (1994) |date=October 14, 1994 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=December 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205154937/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pulp_fiction/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/pulp-fiction |title=Pulp Fiction Reviews |publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive. |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=August 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817014829/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/pulp-fiction |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1995, Tarantino participated in the anthology film ''[[Four Rooms]]'', a collaboration that also included directors Robert Rodriguez, [[Allison Anders]] and Alexandre Rockwell. Tarantino directed and acted in the fourth segment of "The Man from Hollywood", a tribute to the ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' episode "[[Man from the South]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/f/four_rooms.html|title=Four Rooms review|author=James Berardinelli|date=December 25, 1995|publisher=[[ReelViews]]|access-date=February 11, 2012|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210172055/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/f/four_rooms.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/four-rooms-1995|title=Four Rooms movie review & film summary (1995) &#124; Roger Ebert|access-date=May 12, 2021|archive-date=December 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208090821/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/four-rooms-1995|url-status=live}}</ref> He joined Rodriguez again later in the year with a supporting role in ''[[Desperado (film)|Desperado]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/desperadorhowe_c029f7.htm |title=Desperado |last=Howe |first=Desson |date=August 25, 1995 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816185053/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/desperadorhowe_c029f7.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Desperado |last= Ebert |first= Roger |author-link= Roger Ebert |url= http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/desperado-1995 |work= [[The Chicago Sun-Times]] |date= August 25, 1995 |access-date= February 4, 2015 |archive-date= February 4, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150204150107/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/desperado-1995 |url-status= live }}</ref> One of Tarantino's first paid writing assignments was for ''[[From Dusk till Dawn]]'', which Rodriguez directed later in 1996, re-teaming with Tarantino in another acting role, alongside Harvey Keitel, [[George Clooney]] and [[Juliette Lewis]].<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news | last = Ebert | first = Roger | title = ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date = January 19, 1996 | url = http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960119/REVIEWS/809249998 | access-date = September 30, 2009 | archive-date = June 6, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606141609/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19960119%2FREVIEWS%2F809249998 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog – From Dusk till Dawn|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60333-FROM-DUSKTILLDAWN?sid=2df8eb44-d82f-4eeb-a342-6c951b36848e&sr=7.7541475&cp=1&pos=1|access-date=September 15, 2020|website=AFI|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213133/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60333-FROM-DUSKTILLDAWN?sid=2df8eb44-d82f-4eeb-a342-6c951b36848e&sr=7.7541475&cp=1&pos=1|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|[[Robert Kurtzman]] hired Tarantino to write the script for ''From Dusk till Dawn'' in exchange for the make-up effects on ''Reservoir Dogs''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://backwoodshorror.com/robert-kurtzman-interview/ |title=» ROBERT KURTZMAN INTERVIEW |website=backwoodshorror.com |access-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820110935/http://backwoodshorror.com/robert-kurtzman-interview/ |archive-date=August 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vh1.com/news/9vqjvh/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-from-dusk-till-dawn |title=20 Things You Didn't Know About From Dusk Till Dawn |access-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624045830/http://www.vh1.com/news/237424/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-from-dusk-till-dawn/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} His third feature film was ''[[Jackie Brown]]'' (1997), an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel ''[[Rum Punch]]''. A homage to [[blaxploitation]] films, it starred [[Pam Grier]], who starred in many of the films of that genre in the 1970s. It received positive reviews and was called a "comeback" for Grier and co-star [[Robert Forster]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackie_brown/ |title=''Jackie Brown'' Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Flixster |work=Rotten Tomatoes |date=December 25, 1997 |access-date=March 16, 2010 |archive-date=March 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310091915/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackie_brown/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Leonard considered ''Jackie Brown'' to be his favorite of the 26 different screen adaptations of his novels and short stories.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jul/31/booksforchildrenandteenagers.elmoreleonard |title=Detroit spinner |work=[[The Guardian]] |last1=Hudson |first1=Jeff |date=July 30, 2004 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401134012/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jul/31/booksforchildrenandteenagers.elmoreleonard |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1990s, Tarantino had a number of other minor acting roles, including in ''[[Eddie Presley]]'' (1992),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/quentin-tarantino-surprise-movies-its-pat-the-rock-true-romance-1201865600/ |title=Quentin Tarantino's 9 Strangest and Most Surprising Movie Projects |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=August 22, 2017 |work=IndieWire |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921114710/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/quentin-tarantino-surprise-movies-its-pat-the-rock-true-romance-1201865600/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Coriolis Effect]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/518980/the-coriolis-effect |title=Coriolis Effect, The (1994) – Overview – TCM.com |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921114736/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/518980/Coriolis-Effect-The/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Sleep with Me|Sleep With Me]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/how-did-top-gun-become-so-gay/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/how-did-top-gun-become-so-gay/ |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=How did Top Gun become so gay? |last=Simpson |first=Mark |date=May 12, 2016 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |access-date=September 21, 2018 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="festival-cannes.com2">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2998/year/1994.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Sleep with Me |work=festival-cannes.com |access-date=August 31, 2009 |archive-date=October 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005173432/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2998/year/1994.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Somebody to Love (1994 film)|Somebody to Love]]'' (1994),<ref name="vari">{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/somebody-to-love-1200438629/ |title=Review: 'Somebody to Love' |last=Derek Elley |date=September 12, 1994 |newspaper=Variety |access-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-date=October 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025002941/http://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/somebody-to-love-1200438629/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[All-American Girl (TV series)|All-American Girl]]'' (1995), ''[[Destiny Turns on the Radio]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/28/movies/film-review-hipness-to-the-nth-degree-in-a-candy-colored-world.html |title=Film Review; Hipness to the Nth Degree In a Candy-Colored World |first=Janet |last=Maslin |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=April 28, 1995 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 12, 2018 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192235/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/28/movies/film-review-hipness-to-the-nth-degree-in-a-candy-colored-world.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Girl 6]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/11/tarantino-says-hell-never-work-w-spike-lee-calls-him-contemptible-says-he-has-2-more-films-before-retirement-135512/ |title=Tarantino Says He'll Never Work w/ Spike Lee, Calls Him Contemptible + Says He Has 2 More Films Before Retirement |last=Obenson |first=Tambay A. |date=November 23, 2015 |work=IndieWire |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915154922/https://www.indiewire.com/2015/11/tarantino-says-hell-never-work-w-spike-lee-calls-him-contemptible-says-he-has-2-more-films-before-retirement-135512/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in 1996, he starred in ''[[Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair]]'', a simulation video game that uses pre-generated film clips.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifc.com/2011/06/steven-spielberg-directors-cha |title=Remembering When Steven Spielberg Wanted To Create A Universal Film School With Quentin Tarantino – IFC |date=June 6, 2011 |website=Ifc.com |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-date=April 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429045748/http://www.ifc.com/2011/06/steven-spielberg-directors-cha |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1998, Tarantino made his major [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] stage debut as an amoral psycho killer in a revival of the 1966 play ''[[Wait Until Dark]]'', which received unfavorable reviews for his performance from critics.<ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Lefkowitz|title=Tarantino-Tomei Wait Until Dark Opens on B'way Apr. 5|url=https://playbill.com/article/tarantino-tomei-wait-until-dark-opens-on-bway-apr-5-com-74474|work=Playbill|date=April 5, 1998|access-date=December 1, 2022|archive-date=December 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201035038/https://playbill.com/article/tarantino-tomei-wait-until-dark-opens-on-bway-apr-5-com-74474|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Biskind |first=Peter |title=The Return of Quentin Tarantino |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/10/tarantino200310 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=October 14, 2003 |access-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204221046/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/10/tarantino200310 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2000–2009: Subsequent success ===
[[File:Quentin Tarantino (Berlin Film Festival 2009) 2 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|{{center|Tarantino in 2009}}|alt=Tarantino in 2009]]
Tarantino went on to write and direct ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1|Kill Bill]]'', a highly stylized "revenge flick" in the cinematic traditions of [[Wuxia|Chinese martial arts films]], [[Jidaigeki|Japanese period dramas]], [[Spaghetti Western]]s, and [[poliziotteschi|Italian horror]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://whatculture.com/film/quentin-tarantino-definitive-guide.php/28|title=Quentin Tarantino: Definitive Guide To Homages, Influences And References|website=WhatCulture.com|access-date=March 13, 2016|archive-date=February 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216080427/http://whatculture.com/film/quentin-tarantino-definitive-guide.php/28|url-status=live}}</ref> It was based on a character called [[The Bride (Kill Bill)|The Bride]] and a plot that he and ''Kill Bill''{{'}}s lead actress [[Uma Thurman]] had developed during the making of ''Pulp Fiction''.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 8, 2020|title=How did Tarantino and Uma Thurman Conceive 'The Bride'|url=https://nofilmschool.com/tarantino-the-bride|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=No Film School|language=en|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027201426/https://nofilmschool.com/tarantino-the-bride|url-status=live}}</ref> It was originally set for a single theatrical release, but its four-hour running time prompted Tarantino to divide it into two movies.<ref name="JRE">{{cite web|date=June 29, 2021|title=#1675 Quentin Tarantino|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cdu4y60lq6QXyUbhMpVWH|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=Joe Rogan Experience|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629170221/https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cdu4y60lq6QXyUbhMpVWH|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|1:02:10}} Tarantino says he still considers it a single film in his overall filmography.<ref name="JRE" />{{rp|1:23:35}} ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1|Volume 1]]'' was released in 2003 and ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2|Volume 2]]'' was released in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kill Bill: Vol. 1 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2103215617/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928044838/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2103215617/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kill Bill: Vol. 2 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2119992833/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811083451/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=killbill2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 2002 to 2004, Tarantino portrayed villain [[McKenas Cole]] in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifc.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantinos-best-and-worst-acting-roles |title=A Guide To Quentin Tarantino's Best And Worst Acting Roles |date=August 18, 2015 |publisher=[[IFC (American TV channel)|IFC]] |access-date=December 28, 2015 |archive-date=March 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302053633/http://www.ifc.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantinos-best-and-worst-acting-roles |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2004, Tarantino attended the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]], where he served as president of the jury.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tarantino to head Cannes jury |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/feb/16/festivals.quentintarantino |access-date=April 19, 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=February 16, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912221437/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/feb/16/festivals.quentintarantino |archive-date=September 12, 2014}}</ref> ''Volume 2'' of ''Kill Bill'' had a screening there, but was not in competition.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pulver |first=Andrew |title=The Tarantino effect at Cannes 2004 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/may/12/cannes2004.cannesfilmfestival1 |work=the Guardian |date=May 12, 2004 |language=en |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009054230/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/may/12/cannes2004.cannesfilmfestival1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino then contributed to Robert Rodriguez's 2005 [[neo-noir]] film ''[[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]'', and was credited as "Special Guest Director" for his work directing the car sequence featuring [[Clive Owen]] and [[Benicio del Toro]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Original sin wets streets of 'Sin City' |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sin-city-2005 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304051716/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sin-city-2005 |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |date=March 31, 2015}}</ref> In May 2005, Tarantino co-wrote and directed "[[Grave Danger]]", the [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 5)|fifth season]] finale of ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''. For this episode, Tarantino was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]] at the [[57th Primetime Emmy Awards]].<ref>[http://emmys.com/news/mischa-barton-matthew-fox-debra-messing-william-petersen-and-quentin-tarantino-confirmed 57TH ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS Awards Broadcast Live From Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium on September 18 on the CBS Television Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921120332/http://www.emmys.com/news/mischa-barton-matthew-fox-debra-messing-william-petersen-and-quentin-tarantino-confirmed |date=September 21, 2018 }}. Emmys.com (August 22, 2005). Retrieved on July 2, 2015.</ref>

[[File:Quentin Tarantino Django 2.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Tarantino at the French premiere of ''Django Unchained'' in January 2013|alt=Tarantino at the French premiere of Django Unchained on January 7, 2013]]
In 2007, Tarantino directed the [[exploitation film|exploitation]] [[slasher film]] ''[[Death Proof]]''. Released as a take on 1970s [[double feature]]s, under the banner ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]'', it was co-directed with Rodriguez who did the other feature which was the [[body horror]] film ''[[Planet Terror]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Nashawaty |first1=Chris |title=Hungry zombies! A psychopath in a killer car! It's ''Grindhouse''! |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/03/27/hungry-zombies-psychopath-killer-car-its-grindhouse/ |access-date=April 19, 2020 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]] |date=March 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402233445/https://ew.com/article/2007/03/27/hungry-zombies-psychopath-killer-car-its-grindhouse/ |archive-date=April 2, 2019}}</ref> Box-office sales were low but the film garnered mostly positive reviews.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Brandon |title='Grindhouse' Dilapidated Over Easter Weekend |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed376964100/ |access-date=April 19, 2020 |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher=[[IMDb]] |date=April 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031005137/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed376964100/?ref_=bo_at_a |archive-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Grindhouse |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grindhouse |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=April 6, 2007 |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324192553/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grindhouse |archive-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref>

Tarantino's film ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', released in 2009, is the story of a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers in [[Nazism|Nazi]]-occupied France in an alternate history of [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Inglourious Basterds movie review (2009) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/inglourious-basterds-2009 |website=rogerebert.com |date=August 19, 2009 |language=en |access-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-date=January 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128082217/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090819%2FREVIEWS%2F908199995 |url-status=live }}</ref> He had planned to start work on the film after ''Jackie Brown'' but postponed this to make ''Kill Bill'' after a meeting with Uma Thurman.<ref name=NYT1>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/movies/tarantino-behind-the-camera-in-beijing.html |title=Tarantino Behind the Camera in Beijing |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Rick |last=Lyman |date=September 5, 2002 |access-date=January 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602054248/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/movies/tarantino-behind-the-camera-in-beijing.html |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Filming began on "''Inglorious Bastards''", as it was provisionally titled, in October 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/script-reviews-for-quentin-tarantinos-inglorious-bastards-hit-web/ |title=Script Reviews for Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards Hit Web! "Masterpiece" is the Buzz Word |last=Stephenson |first=Hunter |date=July 9, 2008 |publisher=[[SlashFilm]] |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921114625/https://www.slashfilm.com/script-reviews-for-quentin-tarantinos-inglorious-bastards-hit-web/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film opened in August 2009 to positive reviews with the highest box office gross in the US and Canada for the weekend on release.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inglourious_basterds/ |title=Inglourious Basterds (2009) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |date=August 21, 2009 |access-date=March 2, 2010 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213147/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inglourious_basterds |url-status=live }}</ref> For the film, Tarantino received his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.<ref>{{cite news |last=Child |first=Ben |title=Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds dominates Critics' Choice awards |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/dec/15/tarantino-inglourious-basterds-critics-choice |work=The Guardian |date=December 15, 2009 |language=en |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928052559/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/dec/15/tarantino-inglourious-basterds-critics-choice |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2010–present: Established auteur ===
[[File:LACMA The Hateful Eight Live Reading.jpg|thumb|left|''[[The Hateful Eight]]'' live reading at the [[Ace Hotel Los Angeles]] in April 2014|alt=The Hateful Eight Live Reading at the Ace Hotel Los Angeles, as part of LACMA's Live Read on April 19, 2014]]
In 2011, production began on ''[[Django Unchained]]'', a film about the revenge of a former [[Slavery in the United States|slave]] in the [[Southern United States]] in 1858. The film stemmed from Tarantino's desire to produce a [[Spaghetti Western]] set in America's [[Deep South]] during the [[Antebellum South|Antebellum Period]]. Tarantino called the proposed style "a southern",<ref name="flop" /> stating that he wanted "to do movies that deal with America's horrible past with slavery and stuff but do them like spaghetti westerns, not like big issue movies. I want to do them like they're genre films, but they deal with everything that America has never dealt with because it's ashamed of it, and other countries don't really deal with because they don't feel they have the right to".<ref name="flop">{{cite news |title=Quentin Tarantino: I'm proud of my flop |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3664742/Quentin-Tarantino-Im-proud-of-my-flop.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113045314/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2007%2F04%2F27%2Fbfquentin27.xml&page=1 |archive-date=November 13, 2007 |date=April 27, 2007 |first=John |last=Hiscock |access-date=January 25, 2022 }}</ref> It was released in December 2012 and became his highest grossing film to date.<ref>{{cite web |title=Django Unchained |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3662644737/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-date=June 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627212801/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=djangounchained.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McGinley |first=Rhys |title=Quentin Tarantino's Movies Ranked By Gross (According To Box Office Mojo) |url=https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantinos-movies-ranked-by-box-office-gross-according-to-box-office-mojo/ |website=ScreenRant |date=December 14, 2019 |access-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929042507/https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantinos-movies-ranked-by-box-office-gross-according-to-box-office-mojo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also received his second Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Sean |title=How Quentin Tarantino Can Make History On Oscar Night |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2488194/how-quentin-tarantino-can-make-history-on-oscar-night |website=CInemaBlend |language=en |date=January 13, 2020 |access-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930042557/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2488194/how-quentin-tarantino-can-make-history-on-oscar-night |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2013, Tarantino said he was working on a new film and that it would be another Western, though not a sequel to ''Django Unchained''.<ref name=Nextfilm>{{cite web |title=Tarantino Reveals Plans For Next Movie |url=https://tv.yahoo.com/nighttime/tarantino-reveals-plans-next-movie-091643390.html |publisher=Yahoo: Nighttime in No Time |access-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-date=November 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130014257/http://tv.yahoo.com/nighttime/tarantino-reveals-plans-next-movie-091643390.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On January 11, 2014, it was revealed that the film would be titled ''[[The Hateful Eight]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |title=Quentin Tarantino's New Movie Sets Title, Begins Casting |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantinos-new-movie-sets-668946/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 11, 2014 |access-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123041558/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantinos-new-movie-sets-668946/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The script was then leaked in January 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moviethatmatters.com/quentin-tarantino-plans-to-axe-hateful-eight-after-the-script-leaked/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130054554/http://www.moviethatmatters.com/quentin-tarantino-plans-to-axe-hateful-eight-after-the-script-leaked/ |archive-date=January 30, 2014 |title=Quentin Tarantino Plans to drop 'Hateful Eight' after the Script Leaked |date=January 22, 2014 |access-date=August 29, 2014 |publisher=Movies that Matter}}</ref> Aggrieved by the breach of confidence, Tarantino considered abandoning the production which was due to start the next winter and publish it as a novel instead.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-leak-novel-669066/ |title=Quentin Tarantino Shelves 'The Hateful Eight' After Betrayal Results In Script Leak |date=January 21, 2014 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808000317/http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-leak-novel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He stated that he had given the script to a few trusted colleagues, including [[Bruce Dern]], [[Tim Roth]] and [[Michael Madsen]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/quentin-tarantino-sues-gawker-over-hateful-eight-script-leak-1.2513071 |publisher=CBC News |title=Quentin Tarantino sues Gawker over Hateful Eight script leak |date=January 21, 2014 |access-date=August 29, 2014 |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203144922/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/quentin-tarantino-sues-gawker-over-hateful-eight-script-leak-1.2513071 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gettell |first1=Oliver |title=Quentin Tarantino mothballs 'Hateful Eight' after script leak |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-postponed-script-leak-20140122-story.html |date=January 22, 2014 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 27, 2014 |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404130103/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-postponed-script-leak-20140122-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
On April 19, 2014, Tarantino directed a live reading of the leaked script at the United Artists Theater in the [[Ace Hotel Los Angeles]] for the ''[[Live Read]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Premiere of a Staged Reading by Quentin Tarantino: The Hateful Eight |url=http://www.lacma.org/event/staged-reading-quentin-tarantino |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427130408/http://www.lacma.org/event/staged-reading-quentin-tarantino |archive-date=April 27, 2014 |date=April 19, 2014 |access-date=August 29, 2014}}</ref> Tarantino explained that they would read the first draft of the script, and added that he was writing two new drafts with a different ending.<ref name=Tarantino_Live_Read>{{cite web |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |title=Tarantino's 'Hateful Eight' Live-Read Reveals Script Still Developing |url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/tarantinos-hateful-eight-live-read-reveals-script-still-developing/ |access-date=January 27, 2014 |work=FirstShowing.net |date=April 21, 2014 |archive-date=April 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424045517/http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/tarantinos-hateful-eight-live-read-reveals-script-still-developing/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Filming went ahead as planned with the new draft in January 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Andy |title=Making of 'Hateful Eight': How Tarantino Braved Sub-Zero Weather and a Stolen Screener |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-hateful-eight-how-tarantino-852099/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 7, 2016 |access-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123041559/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-hateful-eight-how-tarantino-852099/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Hateful Eight'' was released on December 25, 2015, as a [[Roadshow theatrical release|roadshow presentation]] in [[70 mm film]]-format theaters, before being released in digital theaters on December 30, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hateful-eight-getting-nationwide-release-848435/ |title= 'The Hateful Eight's' Nationwide Release Date Changes Again |work= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date= December 14, 2015 |access-date= January 25, 2022 |archive-date= January 25, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220125164319/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hateful-eight-getting-nationwide-release-848435/ |url-status= live }}</ref> The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hateful_eight/ |title=The Hateful Eight reviews |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=December 25, 2015 |archive-date=May 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513014518/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hateful_eight |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Tarantino and Robbie at 2019 Cannes (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|180px|Tarantino with [[Margot Robbie]] at the [[2019 Cannes Film Festival]]|alt=Tarantino with Margot Robbie at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival]]
In July 2017, it was reported that Tarantino's next project would be a film about the [[Manson Family]] murders.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/07/11/quentin_tarantino_s_next_movie_will_be_about_the_manson_family.html |title=Quentin Tarantino's Next Movie Will Be About the Manson Family |last=Dessem |first=Matthew |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=July 11, 2017 |access-date=January 20, 2018 |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003131459/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/07/11/quentin_tarantino_s_next_movie_will_be_about_the_manson_family.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2018, it was announced that the film's title would be ''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]],'' and that [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] would play [[Rick Dalton]], a fictional star of television Westerns, with [[Brad Pitt]] as Dalton's longtime stunt double Cliff Booth; [[Margot Robbie]] would be playing real life actress [[Sharon Tate]], portrayed as Dalton's next-door neighbor.<ref name="Pitt&Leo">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/quentin-tarantino-brad-pitt-leonardo-dicaprio-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1202306448/ |title=Quentin Tarantino Taps Brad Pitt To Join Leonardo DiCaprio In 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=February 28, 2018 |access-date=February 28, 2018 |archive-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620171241/https://deadline.com/2018/02/quentin-tarantino-brad-pitt-leonardo-dicaprio-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1202306448/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Filming took place in the summer of 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/quentin-tarantino-manson-murders-movie-1202492881/ |title=Quentin Tarantino Developing Film About Manson Family Murders |last=Kroll |first=Justin |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=July 11, 2017 |access-date=January 20, 2018 |archive-date=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119140557/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/quentin-tarantino-manson-murders-movie-1202492881/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In wake of the [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations]], Tarantino severed ties to [[The Weinstein Company]] and [[Miramax]] and sought a new distributor after working with Weinstein for his entire career.<ref name="SonyWins">{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Quentin Tarantino Seeking New Movie Home: Studios Reading #9 This Week |url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/quentin-tarantino-new-home-studios-reading-number-9-harvey-weinstein-1202199806/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=November 8, 2017 |date=November 1, 2017 |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108094853/http://deadline.com/2017/11/quentin-tarantino-new-home-studios-reading-number-9-harvey-weinstein-1202199806/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

The film officially premiered at the [[2019 Cannes Film Festival]], where it was in competition for the {{Lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/everything-we-know-about-quentin-tarantinos-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/ |title=Everything We Know About Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood |last=Flashner |first=Graham |date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506131426/http://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/everything-we-know-about-quentin-tarantinos-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sony Pictures]] eventually distributed the film, which was theatrically released in July 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |title=Quentin Tarantino's Manson Movie Shifts Off Sharon Tate Murder Anniversary Date |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/quentin-tarantinos-manson-movie-will-hit-theaters-two-weeks-early-1128206/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=January 25, 2022 |date=July 18, 2018 |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125164326/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/quentin-tarantinos-manson-movie-will-hit-theaters-two-weeks-early-1128206/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It received critical acclaim<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/once_upon_a_time_in_hollywood|title= Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood (2019)|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= April 25, 2024}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' declared, "Tarantino's all-star fantasia links Hollywood and Manson-era violence into the best and most explosive cinema we've seen all year."<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-movie-review-quentin-tarantino-861778/|title= 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Review: Tarantino's Violent Tinseltown Valentine|magazine= Rolling Stone|accessdate= April 25, 2024}}</ref> The film earned 10 [[Academy Award|Oscar]] nominations at the [[92nd Academy Awards]] including three for Tarantino for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2020-complete-list-nominees-updating-live-1267880/|title= Oscars: Full List of Nominations|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= January 13, 2020|accessdate= April 25, 2024}}</ref>

In November 2022, Tarantino revealed plans to shoot an eight-episode television series in 2023. No further details were provided.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=J. Kim |title=Quentin Tarantino Reveals Plans to Shoot an Eight-Episode TV Series Next Year |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/quentin-tarantino-tv-series-plans-cinema-speculation-1235435184/ |work=Variety |date=November 17, 2022 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117180309/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/quentin-tarantino-tv-series-plans-cinema-speculation-1235435184/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

==== Tenth and final film ====
In 2009, Tarantino said that he planned to retire from filmmaking when he is 60 to focus on writing novels and film literature. He is skeptical of the film industry going digital, saying, "If it actually gets to the place where you can't show [[35 mm movie film|35&nbsp;mm film]] in theaters anymore and everything is digital projection, I won't even make it to 60."<ref>{{cite web |last=Pappademas |first=Alex |title=Triumph of His Will |url=https://www.gq.com/story/quentin-tarantino-inglourious-basterds-alex-pappademas |website=GQ |date=July 1, 2009 |access-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904043236/https://www.gq.com/story/quentin-tarantino-inglourious-basterds-alex-pappademas |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a191697/tarantino-im-going-to-become-a-novelist.html |title=Tarantino: 'I'm going to become a novelist' |website=Digital Spy |date=December 16, 2009 |access-date=March 2, 2010 |archive-date=April 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402102720/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a191697/tarantino-im-going-to-become-a-novelist.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He said though "not etched in stone" he intends to retire after making his tenth movie: "If I get to the 10th, do a good job and don't screw it up, well that sounds like a good way to end the old career."<ref name="DL">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/11/quentin-tarantino-retirement-hateful-eight-international-release-1201280583/ |title=Quentin Tarantino On Retirement, Grand 70 MM Intl Plans For 'The Hateful Eight' |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=November 10, 2014 |access-date=February 18, 2016 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814102326/https://deadline.com/2014/11/quentin-tarantino-retirement-hateful-eight-international-release-1201280583/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2025, at the [[2025 Sundance Film Festival]], Tarantino said he was in "no hurry" to make his final film, preferring to wait at least a year, prioritizing to instead write a stage play.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/quentin-tarantino-direct-final-movie-no-hurry-1236288002/ |title=Quentin Tarantino in 'No Hurry' to Direct Final Movie; Pledges to Wait Until His Son Can Have Lifelong Memories on Set |first=Matt |last=Donnelly |website=Variety |date=January 27, 2025 |access-date=January 28, 2025}}</ref>

=== As a producer ===
Tarantino has used his Hollywood power to give smaller and foreign films more attention. These films are often labeled "Presented by Quentin Tarantino" or "Quentin Tarantino Presents". In 1995, Tarantino formed [[Rolling Thunder Pictures]] with Miramax to release or re-release several independent and foreign features. By 1997, Miramax had shut down the company due to poor sales.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://criterioncompletion.com/rolling-thunder/ |title=Rolling Thunder |date=May 13, 2016 |website=The Criterion Completion |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301132343/http://criterioncompletion.com/rolling-thunder/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following films were released by Rolling Thunder Pictures: ''[[Chungking Express]]'' (1994, dir. [[Wong Kar-wai]]), ''[[Switchblade Sisters]]'' (1975, dir. [[Jack Hill]]), ''[[Sonatine (1993 film)|Sonatine]]'' (1993, dir. [[Takeshi Kitano]]), ''[[Hard Core Logo]]'' (1996, dir. [[Bruce McDonald (director)|Bruce McDonald]]), ''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]'' (1977, dir. [[Ho Meng Hua]]), ''[[Detroit 9000]]'' (1973, dir. [[Arthur Marks]]), ''[[The Beyond (1981 film)|The Beyond]]'' (1981, dir. [[Lucio Fulci]]), and ''[[Curdled (film)|Curdled]]'' (1996, dir. Reb Braddock).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Best 'Rolling Thunder Pictures' Movies |url=https://www.flickchart.com/Charts.aspx?franchise=243 |website=Flickchart |language=en |access-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831051456/https://www.flickchart.com/Charts.aspx?franchise=243 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 2001, he produced the US release of the Hong Kong martial arts film ''[[Iron Monkey (1993 film)|Iron Monkey]]'', which made over $14 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iron Monkey – Official Site – Miramax |url=https://www.miramax.com/movie/iron-monkey/ |website=miramax.com |language=en |access-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831045827/https://www.miramax.com/movie/iron-monkey/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ironmonkey.htm Iron Monkey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503222057/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ironmonkey.htm |date=May 3, 2012 }} at [[Box Office Mojo]], retrieved on November 28, 2006.</ref> In 2004, he brought the Chinese martial arts film ''[[Hero (2002 film)|Hero]]'' to the US. It opened at number-one at the box office and eventually earning $53.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/VIEW-Worldwide-Asian-films-are-grossing-2733592.php |title=Worldwide, Asian films are grossing millions. Here, they're either remade, held hostage or released with little fanfare. |last=Johnson |first=G. Allen |date=February 3, 2005 |website=SF Gate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901100246/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/VIEW-Worldwide-Asian-films-are-grossing-2733592.php |archive-date=September 1, 2012|url-status=live |access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> 

While Tarantino was in negotiations with [[Lucy Liu]] for ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1|Kill Bill]]'', the two helped produce the [[Cinema of Hungary|Hungarian]] sports documentary ''[[Freedom's Fury]]'', which was released in 2006.<ref name="rferl">{{cite news |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1068204.html |title=Hungary: New Film Revisits 1956 Water-Polo Showdown |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=February 2, 2012 |access-date=February 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331210037/https://www.rferl.org/a/1068204.html |url-status=live |last1=Krastev |first1=Nikola }}</ref> When he was approached about a documentary about the [[Blood in the Water match]], a [[water polo]] match between [[Hungary men's national water polo team|Hungary]] and the [[Soviet Union men's national water polo team|USSR]] at the [[Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne Olympics]], Tarantino said "This is the best story I've ever been told. I'd love to be involved".<ref name="rferl" />

In 2006, another "Quentin Tarantino presents" production, ''[[Hostel (2005 film)|Hostel]]'', opened at number-one at the box office with a $20.1 million opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hostel.htm |title=Hostel (2006) – Box Office Mojo |website=www.boxofficemojo.com |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401053103/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hostel.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He presented 2006's ''[[Tom-Yum-Goong|The Protector]]'', and is a producer of the 2007 film ''[[Hostel: Part II]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Protector Blu-ray (ต้มยำกุ้ง / Tom yum goong) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Protector-Blu-ray/8999/ |website=blu-ray.com |access-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831055620/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Protector-Blu-ray/8999/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/jul/01/horror.reviews | title=Hostel: Part II | work=[[The Observer]] | first=Mark | last=Kermode | date=July 1, 2007 | access-date=October 24, 2021 | archive-date=October 24, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024192929/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/jul/01/horror.reviews | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, he produced the [[Larry Bishop]]-helmed ''[[Hell Ride]]'', a revenge biker film.<ref name= "engine">{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Phillips (critic) |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-hell-ride-review-0808aug08-story.html |title='Hell Ride' revs its engine for 83 minutes in a cul-de-sac |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=October 6, 2015 |access-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816025708/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-hell-ride-review-0808aug08-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== As a film exhibitor ===
In February 2010, Tarantino bought the [[New Beverly Cinema]] in Los Angeles. Tarantino allowed the previous owners to continue operating the theater, but stated he would make occasional programming suggestions. He was quoted as saying: "As long as I'm alive, and as long as I'm rich, the New Beverly will be there, showing films shot on 35&nbsp;mm."<ref>{{cite web |last=Scott Lewinski |first=John |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantino-saves-la-theater-20854 |title=Quentin Tarantino saves L.A. theater |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=February 18, 2010 |access-date=February 5, 2011 |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403235635/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantino-saves-la-theater-20854 |url-status=live }}</ref> Starting in 2014, Tarantino took a more active role in programming film screenings at the New Beverly, showing his own films as well as prints from his personal collection.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yamato |first=Jen |url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/quentin-tarantino-new-beverly-cinema-takes-over-theater-830233/ |title=Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Promises Double Features, Vintage Trailers, Tarantino Films & NO Digital. Ever. |agency=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=September 7, 2014 |access-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213237/https://deadline.com/2014/09/quentin-tarantino-new-beverly-cinema-takes-over-theater-830233/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, Tarantino announced that he had also purchased the [[Vista Theatre (Los Angeles)|Vista Theatre]] in Los Angeles, stating that he intends to keep it a first-run theatre, and that like The New Beverly it will only show movies on film.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/quentin-tarantino-buys-vista-theatre-sunset-hollywood-1234977694/|title = Quentin Tarantino Buys Vista Theatre|website = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = July 5, 2021|access-date = August 20, 2021|archive-date = July 16, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210716100232/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/quentin-tarantino-buys-vista-theatre-sunset-hollywood-1234977694/|url-status = live}}</ref>