Quentin Tarantino, director of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fictionand Jackie Brown and writer of True Romance, Natural Born Killers and From Dusk Till Dawn, is undeniably the cult director of the nineties. Also, with another set of films, such as Deathproof and Inglourious Basterds, he is laying claim to another decade and exhibiting his cinematic talent for both writing and directing. Here, Paul Woods traces the life, films and influences of the self-confessed movie geek who has become the film stylist of the moment, and one of Hollywood s hottest properties.