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Quentin Tarantino

1963 - Today

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Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker. His films are characterized by stylized violence, extended dialogue often with profanity, and references to popular culture. During Tarantino's career, his films have built a cult following, as well as critical and commercial success; he has been considered "the single most influential director of his generation". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Quentin Tarantino has received more than 39,794,772 page views. His biography is available in 105 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 104 in 2019). Quentin Tarantino is the 33rd most popular film director (down from 32nd in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from United States (down from 214th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Film Director.

Quentin Tarantino is most famous for his films. He is a director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.

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  • 40M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 105

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Quentin Tarantino ranks 33 out of 2,041. Before him are Michelangelo Antonioni, George Lucas, Miloš Forman, Konstantin Stanislavski, Fritz Lang, and Roger Vadim. After him are Andrzej Wajda, Tinto Brass, Tim Burton, Ken Loach, John Ford, and Krzysztof Kieślowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Quentin Tarantino ranks 5. Before him are Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, José Mourinho, and Whitney Houston. After him are Jet Li, Michael Jordan, Viktor Orbán, George Michael, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Garry Kasparov, and Till Lindemann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Quentin Tarantino ranks 216 out of 20,380. Before him are Cameron Diaz (1972), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Benjamin Harrison (1833), Richard Gere (1949), John Quincy Adams (1767), and Robert Andrews Millikan (1868). After him are Barry White (1944), Rocky Marciano (1923), Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866), Adam Sandler (1966), Priscilla Presley (1945), and Humphrey Bogart (1899).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Quentin Tarantino ranks 7. Before him are Steven Spielberg (1946), Martin Scorsese (1942), Stanley Kubrick (1928), Woody Allen (1935), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), and George Lucas (1944). After him are Tim Burton (1958), John Ford (1894), David Lynch (1946), Oliver Stone (1946), Brian De Palma (1940), and Stephen Hillenburg (1961).

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Filmography

Pulp Fiction
Director
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Sep 10o 19948.488 / 10
Django Unchained
Director
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Dec 25o 20128.181 / 10
Inglourious Basterds
Director
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
Aug 2o 20098.218 / 10