Quentin Tarantino has earned his name, Total Film named him the 12th greatest director of all time. He has won an Academy, a Golden Globe ,BAFTA and the esteemed Palme d’Or Awards, while also being nominated for an Emmy and a Grammy.

Not bad for a guy born in 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee, and a son of a health care executive /nurse, and a musician.

His heritage stemming from, Italian American from his father and Irish and Cherokee Native American Indian.

He has directed some of the 90′s most watched films such as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Jackie Brown.

His debut to films was after dropping out of school at the age of 15 and with his childhood friend Adam Olis, began making movies in his backyard.

One popular film Death Proof was written as well as Directed by Tarentino. It stars Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan, Jordan Ladd, Vanessa Ferlito, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tracie Thoms and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

It centres around a psychopathic man who stalks young women before takig to murdering them in staged car accidents using his “death proof” stunt car.

It was released Theatrically in the States as part of a double feature with Planet Terror by Robert Rodriguez. IT was also released on DVD outside the States.

It is a film paying tribute to muscle cars, slasher films and exploitation, popular back in the 1970′s.