01 January,2013 04:56 AM IST | | The Hitlist Team
>> Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Tony Tarantino, an actor and amateur musician, and Connie McHugh, a nurse.
>> He has been quoted as saying, âWhen people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, âno, I went to films.'
>> Production of Kill Bill: Vol 1 was delayed because of Uma Thurman's pregnancy.
>> He was the head judge at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, where âPulp Fiction' won the Palme D'or, the top honour, only ten years earlier.
>> He was originally offered the chance to direct Speed, but turned it down.