Tarantino

British  

/ ˌtærənˈtiːnəʊ /

noun

1. Quentin. born 1963, US film director and screenwriter, noted for violent quirky dramas including Reservoir Dogs (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1998), the two parts of Kill Bill (2003, 2004), Inglourious Basterds (2009), and Django Unchained (2012)

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Other Word Forms

• Tarantinoesque adjective

Example Sentences

The fact that this man was president of the United States still seems like a wildly improbable scenario for a Quentin Tarantino film.

From Seattle Times

“I have opinions, but you know, I’m not a Tarantino. I don’t have encyclopedic knowledge of all films,” he’s quick to specify. though.

From Seattle Times

Cinema’s most famous and historically lionized auteurs have been writer-directors — John Cassavetes, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson — whose films are entirely of a piece, unsullied by the fingerprints of helpful “script doctors.”

From Washington Post

Most of it wasn’t particularly rewarding, but his relationship with Tarantino freed him to combine his facility for both comedy and villainy in more interesting ways — and to be choosier.

From New York Times

Chiba was a star in Japan and was best known to Western audiences for his memorable role as the swordsmith in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.

From BBC