- Quentin Tarantino is an American film director
- He is known for films such as Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs
- Tarantino has been directing films for decades
Quentin Tarantino is one of the most famous directors alive and has made considerable contributions to cinema and pop culture. He has created many cult classic films such as Pulp Fiction, the Kill Bill movies and most recently Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. Tarantino has built his reputation as a stellar director and figure in film, joining the likes of Steve Spielberg and Martin Scorsese as Hollywood legends. Because of his decades long career, he has enjoyed immense success and built himself an impressive net worth.
Tarantino worked a number of normal jobs before he entered the world of screen. In the eighties, he worked on a number of films many of which were left unfinished. In 1992, Tarantino had his breakthrough film with 1992’s Reservoir Dogs. The film follows six criminals as they attempt to pull-off a diamond heist, only to be stopped by the police, causing them to think one of them is undercover. Tarantino himself stars in the movie as Mr Brown. The following year, with the screenplay completed, Tarantino’s cult classic True Romance was released in 1993, followed by Pulp Fiction in 1994. Following Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino’s career and net worth exploded.
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Since then, he has continued to direct hit after hit, even thirty years later. At 61, he achieved success young, and has established himself as a skilled filmmaker. He also continued his acting career, which also became more prominent with the more credits he got. He has named his film influences by naming his favorite films. In 2012, he named some of his influences in his favorite films, which included Spielberg’s Jaws, Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.
Through his acting, producing and directing endeavours, Tarantino has proven himself as a triple threat. Throughout his career he has continued to dive into these fields and built himself an impressive fortune and resume. But how much is the esteemed director worth in total? Read on to find out.
Early Life
Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born on 27 March in 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father Tony Tarantino was Italian-America, and was an actor himself. His mother Connie McHugh was American, although the director said through her he had Cherokee ancestry. Tarantino’s childhood had a big impact on his love for film.
His mother allowed him to see more mature films as a youth, which enabled him to appreciate film. His mother’s second husband, Curtis Zastoupil took him to film screenings and premieres. He saw films like Deliverance and Carnal Knowledge at a very young age.
Adolescence
He wrote screenplays and mini films from a young age. His first, at age 14 was called Captain Peachfuzz and The Anchovy Bandit (what?) based on the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit. Since he lived in Torrance, California with his mother, he attended the Torrance Community Theatre, where he starred in productions like Romeo & Juliet. He dropped out of high school at age fifteen. Honestly one of the best decisions for his net worth.
Early career
Since he dropped out of high school, Tarantino spent the best part of the eighties working normal jobs to support himself. He received his first ticket into the industry in 1986 working for Video Archives in Manhattan.
While working in normal jobs, he wrote his own screenplays. In 1987 he wrote Love Birds in Bondage alongside Scott Magill. He also attended theatre classes to get better at his craft at the James Best Theatre company. A young Tarantino continued to write, he co-wrote My Best Friend’s Birthday also in 1987.
Tarantino was also an actor from a young age, he had a credit as an Elvis impersonator in an episode of Golden Girls and the money and $3,000 residual check he received from this helped him fund himself while working on Reservoir Dogs. Working hard to build your net worth, we can get behind that!
Rise to fame
After Reservoir Dogs was released, Tarantino’s Hollywood career begun. At the box office, it made $2.9 million. According to some reports, after the film came out, the film offers for Tarantino came rolling in. He was offered to direct Speed (1994), and Men In Black (1997) but instead refused to continue working on the script for Pulp Fiction, which was released two years after Reservoir Dogs in 1994.
Pulp Fiction saw Tarantino as an actor, director and writer. In the film he played Jimmie Dimmick, a supporting character. The film starred Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman.
Pulp Fiction drew Tarantino into award territory, and in 1995 he received the Academy Award For Best Screenplay. He collaborated several times in the 1990s with director Robert Rodriguez. He starred in Rodriguez’s film Desperado in a minor role, and worked with him on writing the 1996 hit From Dusk Till Dawn which Rodriguez directed.
Early acting roles
Tarantino continued to act despite having found success in directing. He continued his minor roles, starring in a multitude of projects. He starred in All Somebody To Love, All American Girl and in a Broadway play, Wait Until Dark in 1996.
2000s onwards
Since the turn of the millennium, Tarantino had been working on his signature violence revenge flick the Kill Bill, which was released in 2003 and starred Lucy Liu and Uma Thurman. Thurman worked with him on the concept for the movie. His signature violence in his films was memorialized in the Kill Bill movies. Volume 2 was released in 2004 after the film was split into two parts.
He continued to act, direct and write after the Kill Bill success. From 2002-2004, Tarantino starred in Alias as the villain McKenas Cole. He went onto write in Rodriguez’s Sin City and direct other films.
2010s
In 2009, Tarantino had another hit with Inglorious Basterds, a post-World War 2 revenge story. Into the 2010s, he directed Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, and 2019’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a film about the Mason family murders that starred Margot Robbie.
Despite past rumours of retirement, Tarantino confirmed that he would retire only when he did his tenth film. Currently, he has no plans to direct a tenth movie any time soon.
Producing career
Tarantino has had many producing credits on smaller films because of his love of independent films and his status. He formed Rolling Thunder Pictures in 1995 to release many independent films including Chungking Express and Hard Core Logo. Later, he produced, Iron Monkey in 2001, and Freedom’s Fury in 2006, and Hostel: Part 2 in 2007.
What is Tarantino’s Net Worth?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Tarantino is worth a staggering $120 million!
Tarantino’s Career Earnings
Throughout his extensive media career, Tarantino has built himself a steady net worth through directing, producing and acting. Also documented by Celebrity Net Worth is that Tarantino receives a $20 million advance on each movie he directs, writes or producers. Reportedly the money goes up if he takes a backend of his film’s profits, which he usually does.
However, his specific earnings from his projects aren’t publicly disclosed, only the money they made at the box office and some of the actors’ salaries are public.
Tarantino’s Real Estate Investments
The film mogul has had many properties and real estate investments over the years. In 1996, Tarantino bought a Spanish-style mansion for $3 million in the Hollywood Hills.
In 2007, he bought the New Beverly Cinema In LA. Tarantino still operates that theatre today showing traditional films. Twelve years later in 2019 he purchased the Los Feliz Theater.
In 2018, he married Daniella Pick, an Israeli singer, who spent lots of time in Tel Aviv in Israel. Reports say the two may have a residence there, but this is unconfirmed.
Endorsements and Sponsorships
Although Tarantino doesn’t need to endorse things or do sponsorships, he has in the past.
IWC Schaffhausen partnership
In the 1990s, Tarantino worked with watch brand IWC Schaffhausen. The brand is a Swiss luxury watch brand. In 2014 among other directors Tarantino advocated for the continued use of traditional film with a Kodak endorsement. Once Upon A Time in Hollywood was reportedly shot on a Kodak 35mm.
Although the director hasn’t done many investments, he hasn’t needed to. His roles in acting, directing success and writing has contributed to his mighty net worth. His fortune will only continue to grow, especially if he continues directing movies.
