History Creator / QuentinTarantino

In 2014, Tarantino announced that he planned to retire from films after making his tenth, having reportedly learned from the trajectories of other directors that it's best for him to quit while he's ahead. He has currently made nine films as of this writing (counting both parts of ''Film/KillBill'' as one film, as he intended) and hasn't backed down from the plan in interviews since. In March 2023 he announced the plans for his tenth film, a script titled ''The Movie Critic'', with plans reportedly in place for shooting to have occurred in the fall of that year, but as of April 17, 2024 he announced that he's since shelved "The Movie Critic" and is uncertain what his final film will be.

In 2014, Tarantino announced that he planned to retire from films after making his tenth, having reportedly learned from the trajectories of other directors that it's best for him to quit while he's ahead. He has currently made nine films as of this writing (counting both parts of ''Film/KillBill'' as one film, as he intended) and hasn't backed down from the plan in interviews since. In March 2023, his tenth film was officially announced, with its script titled ''The Movie Critic'' and plans reportedly in place for shooting to occur in the fall of that year.

* "My Best Friend's Birthday" -- [[/index]]Tarantino's first film, shot in black and white. The plot revolves around a man attempting to do something nice for his friend on his birthday, only to have his efforts continually backfire. Many elements have been "mined" for his later works ([[Film/TrueRomance the character of Clarence and his speech about Elvis;]] [[Film/ReservoirDogs the station K-BILLY;]] [[Film/InglouriousBasterds the name "Aldo Raine";]] [[Film/PulpFiction the gag of mistaking something for coke and getting pain in one's nose as a result;]] etc.). The film was originally 70 minutes long, but was re-edited to run just over 36 minutes either due to a fire in the warehouse where the originals were kept or simply because he didn't care for the other scenes. Was never officially released, but Tarantino has hinted at possibly restoring it and giving it an official release. In the meantime, can unofficially be found on sites like Website/YouTube.[[index]]

* AffablyEvil: Many of his antagonists -- and ''protagonists'' as well, since they tend to be gangsters or criminals -- are pleasant, polite, soft-spoken people, who have {{Seinfeldian Conversation}}s about the minutiae of life in between crimes and/or murders. Arguably this reaches its crescendo with [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Hans Landa]], who's a ''frigging Gestapo officer'' and also one of the most genial people in the film.

* BrandX: Big Kahuna Burger, Red Apple cigarettes, Acuna Bros. Tex-Mex. He also has a tendency to revive dead brands from his own childhood like "[[Advertising/MonsterCereals Fruit Brute]]" cereal (he held onto a box after it was discontinued, which has made several appearances).

* CreatorProvincialism: He was raised in Los Angeles and a few of his films are set there. He also occasionally makes reference to Tennessee, where he was born.

* TheMovieBuff: His knowledge of cinema is absolutely ''staggering''. Let's put it this way: If a film exists, chances are excellent that Tarantino has seen it and has possibly even referenced it.

* NobleDemon: Since in most of Tarantino's movies almost every single character is a ruthless murderous criminal, there's usually at least one of these to give the audience someone to vaguely support.

* ''Sonatine'' by Creator/TakeshiKitano