birth date	October 04, 1956
birth place	Vienna, Austria
name	Christoph Waltz
nationality	Austrian, German
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1977–present }}

Christoph Waltz (; born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian actor who also holds German citizenship. He received international acclaim for his portrayal of SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in the 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds'', for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009.

Early life and career

Waltz was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of German set and stage designers Johannes Waltz and the Austrian Elisabeth Urbancic. His maternal grandmother was Burgtheater actress Maria Mayen and his step-grandfather was actor Emmerich Reimers. His great-grandparents worked in the theatre.

Waltz studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. He also attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. He started as a stage actor, performing at venues such as Zurich's Schauspielhaus Zürich, Vienna's Burgtheater, and the Salzburg Festival. He became a prolific actor on television. In 2000, he directed his first film, the TV production ''Wenn man sich traut''.

In Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds'', Waltz portrayed SS Standartenführer Hans Landa, aka "The Jew Hunter". For this character who is courteous and speaks four languages but is self-serving, cunning and callous, Tarantino feared he "might have written a part that was un-playable". Waltz received the Best Actor Award for the performance at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and received acclaim from critics and the public. In 2009, he began sweeping critics' awards circuits, receiving awards for Best Supporting Actor from the New York Film Critics Circle, Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and for Best Supporting Actor at the 67th Golden Globe Awards and the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards in January 2009. The following month, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.

Waltz won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 82nd Academy Awards. He is also, as of 2010, the only actor to win for appearing in a Quentin Tarantino film. Waltz is a method actor, and continued to portray Landa off the set of ''Inglorious Basterds''. Tarantino acknowledged the importance of Waltz to his film by stating: "I think that Landa is one of the best characters I've ever written and ever will write, and Christoph played it to a tee… It's true that if I couldn't have found someone as good as Christoph I might not have made ''Inglourious Basterds''."

Waltz made his next movie ''Water for Elephants'' with Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon, directed by Francis Lawrence. It was filmed in Ventura County, California; Georgia; and Tennessee.

Personal life

Waltz is fluent in German, French, and English and speaks all three of the languages in ''Inglourious Basterds''. Though his Landa character also spoke Italian in that movie, he stated on the ''Adam Carolla Podcast'' that he does not actually speak it in real life. He is divorced and has four children. Waltz currently maintains residences in both London and Berlin.

Nationality

Waltz is a dual citizen of both Austria and Germany. He considers himself Austrian, calling his German passport a "legal, citizenship law banality". His father held German citizenship, so by Austrian law he was born with German citizenship as well. During a press conference he said: "I was born in Vienna, grew up in Vienna, went to school in Vienna, graduated in Vienna, studied in Vienna, started acting in Vienna – and there would be a few further Viennese links. How much more Austrian do you want?" He also holds a U.S. "Green Card".

Filmography

+ Film and television
! Year	! Title	! Role
1982	''Fire and Sword''	Tristan
1986		Nietzsche
1988	''The Alien Years''	Stefan Mueller	TV
1995		Mirovich
1996	''Inspector Rex''	Herr Wolf	TV
1998	''''	Kant
1998		Charly	TV
2000	''Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express''	Brian
2000	''Ordinary Decent Criminal''	Peter
2000	''Falling Rocks''	Louis	TV
2003	''''	Doctor
2007	''''	Frank 'Büffel' Arbogast	TV
2007	''''	Dr. Helmut Bahr	TV
2008	''''	Hans Kortmann	TV
2008	''Todsünde''	Sebastian Flies	TV
2008	''''	Peters	TV
2009	''Inglourious Basterds''		United States	American film roleAcademy Award for Best Supporting ActorAustin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleCannes Film Festival Award for Best ActorBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best CastBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorDetroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorEmpire Award for Best ActorFlorida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActorGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureHollywood Film Festival Award for Best Supporting ActorHouston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorLas Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorLondon Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the YearLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActorPhoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorSan Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorSatellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleSoutheastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorSt. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association>St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association For Best Supporting ActorToronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorVillage Voice Film Poll – Best Supporting ActorWashington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
2011	''''	Benjamin Chudnofsky/Bloodnofsky	Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
2011		August Rosenbluth
2011	''''	Cardinal Richelieu	''post-production''
2011		Alan Vallon	''filming''
2011	''Paani''		''rumored, in development still''
2012	''Django Unchained''	Dr. King Schultz	''pre-production''

References

External links

Christoph Waltz Fans website

Category:1956 births Category:Austrian film actors Category:Austrian television actors Category:Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winners Category:Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe (film) winners Category:German film actors Category:German television actors Category:Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute alumni Category:Living people Category:Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners Category:People from London Category:People from Vienna

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name	Jimmy Kimmel
birth name	James Christian Kimmel
birth date	November 13, 1967
birth place	Brooklyn, New York, USA
medium	Radio, television, film
nationality	American
active	1989–present
genre	Observational comedy, Current events, Insult comedy
subject	American culture, Everyday life, Celebrities
influences	David Letterman, Howard Stern
spouse	Gina Kimmel (1988–2003) (divorced); 2 children
domesticpartner	Sarah Silverman (2002–2007; 2008–2009) Molly McNearney (2009–present)
notable work	Creator and Host of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' (ABC) Creator and Co-Host of ''The Man Show''co-host of ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' (Comedy Central)co-host of ''Crank Yankers''

}} James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist and television host. He is the host of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's ''The Man Show'' and ''Win Ben Stein's Money''. Kimmel is also a television producer, having produced shows such as ''Crank Yankers'', ''Sports Show with Norm Macdonald'', and ''The Andy Milonakis Show''.

Early life

Kimmel was born in the Mill Basin neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the eldest of three children of Joann (née Iacono), a homemaker, and James Kimmel, an IBM executive. He is Roman Catholic and, as a child, served as an altar boy. Kimmel is of German and Irish descent on his father’s side and Italian descent on his mother’s side. His uncle, Frank Potenza, appeared on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' as a regular from 2003 until his death in 2011.

The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was nine years old. He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School and then attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year before attending Arizona State University for two years without completing a degree.

Career

Radio career

Kimmel began working in the radio industry while in high school, hosting a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station KUNV. While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of ''The Me and Him Show'' at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Ten months later, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK (for reasons unknown) and were fired again a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida. Kimmel went from Tampa to host his own show at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, where Kimmel convinced a young Carson Daly to drop out of college and become his intern. After a morning stint at KRQQ In Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, California. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean morning show. During this time he met and befriended a struggling comedian named Adam Carolla.

Comedy Central

Kimmel began his television career as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', which began airing on Comedy Central in 1997. His quick wit and loutish everyman personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotone performing style and patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host.

In 1999, during his time with ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', Kimmel was also co-host with Adam Carolla and co-creator (with Daniel Kellison) of Comedy Central's ''The Man Show''. Kimmel permanently left ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' in 2001, replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. ''The Man Show'''s success allowed Kimmel, Carolla and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Industries, ''Crank Yankers'' for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself), and later ''The Andy Milonakis Show'' for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote the feature film ''Windy City Heat'', which won the Comedia Award for Best Film at the Montreal Comedy Festival.

''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''

In January 2003, Kimmel permanently left ''The Man Show'' to host his own late-night talk show, ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' on ABC. ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' was briefly also broadcast on Irish digital TV channel 3e. In the April 2007 issue of Stuffmagazine.com, Kimmel was named the "biggest badass on TV". Kimmel said it was an honor but clearly a mistake.

Since the show's second season, it has not actually been broadcast live. This is due to an incident during the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, when Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for his show. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down ... and it's not worth it." Officials with Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, immediately announced that night's show would not air on the station. Hours later, ABC officials pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel later apologized. The incident led ABC officials to force Kimmel to tape his show an hour before it airs in most of the country to check for offending content.

Kimmel usually ends his show with, "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." When Matt Damon did actually appear on the show to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down only to be told just a few seconds later by Kimmel, "Sorry, but once again we are completely out of time." Damon seemed to become angry.

In February 2008 Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called, "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck", as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon recorded a similar video, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', and became an "instant YouTube sensation." Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck, and a large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 "We Are the World" video: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Dominic Monaghan, Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Lance Bass, Macy Gray, Josh Groban, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pete Wentz, Meat Loaf, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Applegate, Dom Joly, Mike Shinoda, Lauren Conrad, and Joan Jett, among others. After this Jimmy's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon as Matt cursed about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon on the red carpet one time and before he could finish the interview he said, "Sorry we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with the "Handsome Men", who were: Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Patrick Dempsey, Sting, Keith Urban, John Krasinski, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hartnett, Tony Romo, Ted Danson, Taye Diggs, Gilles Marini, and Ben Affleck, speaking about being handsome and all the jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by none other than Matt Damon, stating that they had run out of time and then Damon continues with a sinister laugh. Jennifer Garner also makes a surprise appearance.

As a tradition, celebrities voted off ''Dancing with the Stars'' appear on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell". In the 2008 season of his show, Kimmel started another tradition of ceremonially burning the dancers' shoes after they were voted off ''DWTS''.

Other television work

In Spring 1996, Kimmel appeared as "Jimmy the Fox Guy" in promos on the Fox network.

Kimmel's other television work included being the on-air football prognosticator for ''Fox NFL Sunday'' for four years. He has had numerous appearances on other talk shows including, but not limited to, ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', ''The Howard Stern Show'', ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', and ''The Late Show with David Letterman''. Kimmel has appeared on ''The Late Show'' five times, most recently on April 21, 2008. Kimmel served as roastmaster for the New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and Comedy Central Roasts of ''Pamela Anderson''. He has appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, along with his parking lot security guard Guillermo.

In August 2006, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel would be the host of their new game show ''Set for Life''. The show debuted on July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King on ''Larry King Live''. That particular show was about the paparazzi and Kimmel reproached Emily Gould, an editor from Gawker.com, about the web site's alleged stalking of celebrities. On July 8, 2007, Kimmel managed the National League in the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He played in the game in 2004 and 2006 (Houston and Pittsburgh). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel along with basketball player LeBron James, hosted the 2007 ''ESPY Awards''. The show aired on ESPN on July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards on ABC four times, in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Kimmel guest hosted ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' during the week of October 22, 2007 – October 26, 2007, commuting every day between New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest distance () travelled in one work week.

Kimmel has performed in several animated films, often voicing dogs. His voice appeared in ''Garfield'' and ''Road Trip'', and he portrayed Death's Dog in the ''Family Guy'' episode "Mr. Saturday Knight"; ''Family Guy'' creator Seth McFarlane later presented Kimmel with a figurine of his character on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''. Kimmel also did voice work for ''Robot Chicken''. Kimmel's cousin "Sal" (Sal Iacono) has accepted and won a wrestling match with WWE superstar Santino Marella. On January 14, 2010, in the midst of the 2010 Tonight Show host and time slot conflict, Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno on ''The Jay Leno Show'''s "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno in front of a live studio audience for taking back the 11:35 pm time slot from Conan O'Brien, and repeatedly insulted Leno. He ended the segment with a plea that Leno "leave our shows alone," as Kimmel and O'Brien had "kids" while Leno only had "cars".

Kimmel also made a brief appearance in the TV commercial "There's A Soldier In All Of Us" promoting the 2010 video game ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'', along with Kobe Bryant. He is seen taking cover from bullets, then firing an RPG-7 with the words ''PROUD N00b'' on it, with the aftershock from the weapon sending him tumbling backwards.

Personal life

Kimmel and his then fiancée, Gina, married in June 1988. They have two children, Katie (born 1991) and Kevin (born 1993). Katie Kimmel is an art student in Chicago. The marriage ended in separation in early 2002. Kimmel then dated comedian Sarah Silverman for five years, splitting with her in March 2009. He started dating current girlfriend, Molly McNearney, in October 2009. McNearney is also a co-head writer for ''Jimmy Kimmel Live''.

Kimmel plays the bass clarinet. He got a chance to showcase his talent during a July 20, 2008, concert in Costa Mesa, California, featuring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, when he took the stage and played bass clarinet on their hit song "The Impression That I Get."

Kimmel has spoken publicly of being a narcoleptic.

Kimmel co-founded the annual LA Feast of San Gennaro, which celebrates Italian culture through entertainment, music and cuisine. The festival also honors outstanding members of the Los Angeles community and raises funds to aid needy children and families in the city. He hosted Los Angeles' eighth annual feast of San Gennaro from September 28 to 30, 2009. Kimmel served as Master of Ceremonies for the National Italian American Foundation's 34th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2009.

He resides across the street from actor John Krasinski (known for his role as Jim Halpert on ''The Office'') and his wife, actress Emily Blunt.

Awards

References

External links

ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live website

JimmyKimmel.Net

Jimmy Kimmel appears on Michael Eisner's talkshow on CNBC

Jimmy Kimmel interview

Appearance on HGTV's ''Designer's Challenge''

Jimmy is Maxim's #2 Dudeliest Dude 2007

Category:1967 births Category:Actors from New York City Category:American comedians Category:American film actors Category:American game show hosts Category:American radio personalities Category:American television actors Category:American television producers Category:American television writers Category:American television talk show hosts Category:American people of German descent Category:American people of Italian descent Category:American people of Irish descent Category:Living people Category:People from Brooklyn Category:Radio personalities from the Las Vegas Valley Category:University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni

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Name	Charlie Rose
Birthname	Charles Peete Rose, Jr.
Birth date	January 05, 1942
Birth place	Henderson, North Carolina, U.S.
education	Duke University B.A. (1964) Duke University J.D. (1968)
occupation	Talk show hostJournalist
years active	1972–present
credits	''Charlie Rose'', ''60 Minutes II'', ''60 Minutes'', ''CBS News Nightwatch'', ''CBS This Morning''
url	http://www.charlierose.com/ }}

Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted ''Charlie Rose'', an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993. He has also co-anchored ''CBS This Morning'' since January 2012. Charlie, along with Lara Logan, has revamped the CBS classic Person to Person, a news program during which celebrities are interviewed in their homes, originally hosted by the legendary Edward R. Murrow.

Early life

Rose was born in Henderson, North Carolina, the only child of Margaret Frazier and Charles Peete Rose, Sr., tobacco farmers who owned a country store. As a child, Rose lived above his parents' store in Henderson and helped out with the family business from age seven.. Rose admitted in a Fresh Dialogues interview that as a child his insatiable curiosity was constantly getting him in trouble. A high school basketball star, Rose entered Duke University intending to pursue a degree with a pre-med track, but an internship in the office of Democratic North Carolina Senator B. Everett Jordan got him interested in politics. Rose graduated in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in history. At Duke, he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. He earned a Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law in 1968. He met his wife, Mary (''née'' King), while attending Duke.

Career

After his wife was hired by the BBC (in New York), Rose handled some assignments for the BBC on a freelance basis. In 1972, while continuing to work at Bankers Trust, he landed a job as a weekend reporter for WPIX-TV. His break came in 1974, after Bill Moyers hired Rose as managing editor for the PBS series ''Bill Moyers' International Report''. In 1975, Moyers named Rose executive producer of ''Bill Moyers Journal''. Rose soon began appearing on camera. "A Conversation with Jimmy Carter," one installment of Moyers's series ''U.S.A.: People and Politics'', won a 1976 Peabody Award. Rose worked at several networks honing his interview skills until KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth hired him as program manager and gave him the late-night time slot that would become the ''Charlie Rose'' show.

Rose worked for CBS News (1984–1990) as the anchor of ''CBS News Nightwatch'', the network's first late-night news broadcast. The ''Nightwatch'' broadcast of Rose's interview with Charles Manson won an Emmy Award in 1987. In 1990, Rose left CBS to serve as anchor of ''Personalities'', a syndicated program produced by Fox Broadcasting Company, but he got out of his contract after six weeks because of the tabloid-style content of the show. ''Charlie Rose'' premiered on PBS station Thirteen/WNET on September 30, 1991, and has been nationally syndicated since January 1993. In 1994, Rose moved the show to a studio owned by Bloomberg Television, which allowed for improved satellite interviewing.

Rose was a correspondent for ''60 Minutes II'' from its inception in January 1999 until its cancellation in September 2005, and was later named a correspondent on ''60 Minutes''.

Rose was a member of the board of directors of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation from 2003 to 2009. In May 2010, Charlie Rose delivered the commencement address at North Carolina State University.

On November 15, 2011, it was announced that Rose would return to CBS to help anchor ''CBS This Morning'', replacing ''The Early Show'', commencing January 9, 2012, along with co-anchors Erica Hill and Gayle King.

Cameo appearances

Rose has appeared as himself in the 1998 film ''Primary Colors'', in a 2000 episode of ''The Simpsons'' and in the 2008 movie ''Elegy''. He and his show were also used in the Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums. He also appears as himself in the 2011 George Clooney directed film, ''The Ides of March''.

Accusations of conflict of interest

While hosting the 2002 Coca-Cola Company shareholders' meeting, Rose said "few companies are able to connect as completely with consumers in the way that Coca-Cola is. It is a privilege to be associated with [The Coca-Cola family] ... This is the business of Coca-Cola: being part of a family, being worldwide, doing well and doing good at the same time." Afterward, Coca-Cola agreed to become what Rose called "a leading underwriter" of ''The Charlie Rose Show'', paying "six or possibly seven figures." Even the Charlie Rose mugs used on his PBS show feature a Coca-Cola logo on one side. Although CBS News policy bars correspondents from doing commercials and product endorsements, the ''Washington Post'' reported CBS was "comfortable" with Rose's actions. Rose insists he "would never do a story on ''60 Minutes II'' about anybody who underwrites my PBS show."

Quiet influence

''The New York Times'' reported that Rose encouraged a discussion between the leaders of NBC and Fox, that led eventually to a mutual reduction in ad hominem attacks between Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly on their respective news programs.

Rose has attended several Bilderberg Group conference meetings, including meetings held in the United States in 2008; Spain in 2010; and Switzerland in 2011. These unofficial conferences hold guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are political leaders and businessmen. Details of meetings are closed off to the public and strictly invitation-only, and critics speculate the controversial nature of these meetings of highly influential people. Accusations from conspiracy theorists against The Charlie Rose show claim that it has become the US media outlet for Bilderberg.

Personal life

Rose's twelve-year marriage to Mary Rose (née King) ended in divorce in 1980. Mary is the sister-in-law of Morgan Stanley Chairman John J. Mack. Since 1993, his companion has been socialite and city-planning advocate Amanda Burden, a stepdaughter of CBS founder William S. Paley.

On March 29, 2006, after experiencing shortness of breath in Syria, Rose was flown to Paris and underwent surgery for mitral valve repair in the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital. His surgery was performed under the supervision of Alain F. Carpentier, a pioneer of the procedure. Rose returned to the air on June 12, 2006, with Bill Moyers and Yvette Vega (the show's executive producer), to discuss his surgery and recuperation.

In a 2009 Fresh Dialogues interview Rose described his life as "great and glorious." He added, '"I get up every morning with a new adventure. The adventure is fueled by interesting people. I get a chance to control my own destiny. I do something that is immediately either appreciated or not. I get feedback."

Rose owns a farm in Oxford, North Carolina, an apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City, a beach house in Bellport, New York, an apartment in Washington D.C..and an apartment in Paris, France.

References

External links

Charlie Rose Official website of his eponymous show

Charlie Rose official channel on ''YouTube''

Charlie Rose collected news and commentary at the ''Los Angeles Times''

Charlie Rose shows on Hulu

celebritynetworth.com, Celebrity Net Worth, Charlie Rose

Why Business Loves Charlie Rose David A. Kaplan, ''Fortune'', September 28, 2009

Category:American journalists Category:American television talk show hosts Category:New York television reporters Category:CBS News Category:60 Minutes correspondents Category:Duke University alumni Category:New York University alumni Category:People from Henderson, North Carolina Category:1942 births Category:Living people

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birth date	August 18, 1933
birth place	Paris, France
birth name	Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański
spouse	Barbara Lass(1959–1962, divorced)Sharon Tate (1968–1969; her death)Emmanuelle Seigner(1989–present)
years active	1953–present
occupation	Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
notable works	''Knife in the Water'', ''Repulsion'', ''Rosemary's Baby'', ''Chinatown'', ''The Pianist''
style	Psychological, Surrealistic, Noir, Black comedy
citizenship	Franco-Polish
residence	France
alma mater	National Film School in Łódź
children	Daughter and son }}

Roman Polanski (born 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers." Polanski's films have inspired diverse directors, including the Coen Brothers, Atom Egoyan, Darren Aronofsky, Park Chan-wook, Abel Ferrara, and Wes Craven.

Born in Paris to Polish parents, he moved with his family back to Poland in 1937, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. He survived the Holocaust and was educated in Poland and became a director of both art house and commercial films.

World War II

The Polański family moved back to the Polish city of Kraków in 1936, and were living there when World War II began with the invasion of Poland. Neither of Polanski's parents were religious. Kraków was soon occupied by the German forces, and Nazi racial and religious purity laws made the Polańskis targets of persecution, forcing them into the Kraków Ghetto, along with thousands of the city's Jews. In the 1950s Polanski took up acting, appearing in Andrzej Wajda's ''Pokolenie'' (''A Generation'', 1954) and in the same year in Silik Sternfeld's ''Zaczarowany rower'' (''Enchanted Bicycle'' or ''Magical Bicycle''). Polanski's directorial debut was also in 1955 with a short film ''Rower'' (''Bicycle''). ''Rower'' is a semi-autobiographical feature film, believed to be lost, which also starred Polanski. It refers to his real-life violent altercation with a notorious Kraków felon, Janusz Dziuba, who arranged to sell Polanski a bicycle, but instead beat him badly and stole his money. In real life the offender was arrested while fleeing after fracturing Polanski's skull, and executed for three murders, out of eight prior such assaults, which he had committed. Several other short films made during his study at Łódź gained him considerable recognition, particularly ''Two Men and a Wardrobe'' (1958) and ''When Angels Fall'' (1959). He graduated in 1959.

Film director

1960s

;''Knife in the Water'' (1962) Polanski's first feature-length film, ''Knife in the Water'', was also the first significant Polish film after World War II that did not have a war theme. Scripted by Jerzy Skolimowski, Jakub Goldberg and Polanski, ''Knife in the Water'' is about a wealthy, unhappily married couple who decide to take a mysterious hitchhiker with them on a weekend boating excursion. A dark and unsettling work, Polanski's debut feature subtly evinces a profound pessimism about human relationships with regard to the psychological dynamics and moral consequences of status envy and sexual jealousy. ''Knife in the Water'' was a major commercial success in the West and gave Polanski an international reputation. The film also earned its director his first Academy Award nomination (Best Foreign Language Film, 1963).

Polanski left then-communist Poland and moved to France, where he had already made two notable short films in 1961: ''The Fat and the Lean'' and ''Mammals''. While in France, Polanski contributed one segment ("La rivière de diamants") to the French-produced omnibus film, ''Les plus belles escroqueries du monde'' (English title: ''The Beautiful Swindlers'') in 1964. However, Polanski found that in the early 1960s the French film industry was generally unwilling to support a rising filmmaker whom they viewed as a cultural Pole and not a Frenchman.

;''Repulsion'' (1965) Polanski made three feature films in England, based on original scripts written by himself and Gérard Brach, a frequent collaborator. ''Repulsion'' (1965) is a psychological horror film focusing on a young Belgian woman named Carol (Catherine Deneuve), who is living in London with her older sister (Yvonne Furneaux). The film's themes, situations, visual motifs, and effects clearly reflect the influence of early surrealist cinema as well as horror movies of the 1950s – particularly Luis Buñuel's ''Un chien Andalou'', Jean Cocteau's ''The Blood of a Poet'', Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''Diabolique'' and Alfred Hitchcock's ''Psycho''.

;''Cul-de-sac'' (1966) ''Cul-de-sac'' (1966) is a bleak nihilist tragicomedy filmed on location in Northumberland. The general tone and the basic premise of the film owes a great deal to Samuel Beckett's ''Waiting for Godot'', along with aspects of Harold Pinter's ''The Birthday Party''.

;''The Fearless Vampire Killers/Dance of the Vampires'' (1967) ''The Fearless Vampire Killers'' (1967) (known by its original title, "Dance of the Vampires" in most countries outside the US) is a parody of vampire films. The plot concerns a buffoonish professor and his clumsy assistant, Alfred (played by Polanski), who are traveling through Transylvania in search of vampires. The ironic and macabre ending is considered classic Polanski. ''The Fearless Vampire Killers'' was Polanski's first feature to be photographed in color with the use of Panavision lenses, and included a striking visual style with snow-covered, fairy-tale landscapes, similar to the work of Soviet fantasy filmmakers. In addition, the richly textured color schemes of the settings evoke the magical, kaleidoscopic paintings of the great Russian-Jewish artist Marc Chagall, who provides the namesake for the innkeeper in the film. The film was written for Jack MacGowran, who played the lead role of Professor Abronsius.

Polanski met Sharon Tate while the film was being made, where she played the role of the local innkeeper's daughter. They were married in London on 1968.

;''Rosemary's Baby'' (1968) Paramount studio head Robert Evans brought Polanski to America to direct the film ''Downhill Racer'', but Polanski read the novel ''Rosemary's Baby'' non-stop through the night and the following morning decided he wanted to write as well as direct it. The film, ''Rosemary's Baby'' (1968), was a box-office success and became his first Hollywood production, thereby establishing his reputation as a major commercial filmmaker. The film, a horror-thriller set in trendy Manhattan, is about Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow), a young housewife who is impregnated by the devil. Polanski's screenplay adaptation earned him a second Academy Award nomination.

On 9 August 1969, while Polanski was working in London, his wife, Sharon Tate, and four other people were murdered at the Polanskis' residence in Los Angeles.

1970s

;''Macbeth'' (1971) Polanski abandoned his project and did not resume working until the production of Shakespeare's ''The Tragedy of Macbeth''. Jon Finch and Francesca Annis played the lead roles. He adapted Shakespeare's original text into a screenplay with the British theater critic Kenneth Tynan. In his autobiography Polanski wrote that he wanted to be true to the violent nature of the work, and that he had been aware that his first project following Tate's murder, would be subject to scrutiny and probable cricitism regardless of the subject matter; if he had made a comedy he would have been perceived as callous.

;''What?'' (1973) Written by Polanski and previous collaborator Gérard Brach, ''What?'' (1973) is a mordant absurdist comedy loosely based on the themes of ''Alice in Wonderland'' and Henry James. The film is a rambling shaggy dog story about the sexual indignities that befall a winsome young American hippie woman hitchhiking through Europe.

;''Chinatown (1974) Polanski returned to Hollywood in 1973 to direct ''Chinatown'' for Paramount Pictures. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards. The stars, Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, both received Oscar nominations for their roles, and the script by Robert Towne won for Best Original Screenplay. Polanski appears in a cameo role.

;''The Tenant'' (1976) Polanski returned to Paris for his next film, ''The Tenant'' (1976), which was based on a 1964 novel by Roland Topor, a French writer of Polish-Jewish origin. In addition to directing the film, Polanski also played a leading role of a timid Polish immigrant living in Paris. Together with his two earlier works, ''The Tenant'' can be seen as the third installment in a loose trilogy of films called the "Apartment Trilogy" that explore the themes of social alienation and psychic and emotional breakdown. In his autobiography, Polanski wrote: "I had a great admiration for American institutions and regarded the United States as the only truly democratic country in the world."

;''Tess'' (1979) He dedicated his next film, ''Tess'' (1979), to the memory of his late wife, Sharon Tate. It was Tate who suggested to Polanski that he read it, as she felt it might make a good film. ''Tess'' was Polanski's first film since his 1977 arrest in Los Angeles, and because of the American-British extradition treaty, ''Tess'' was shot in the north of France instead of Hardy's England. Nastassja Kinski appeared in the title role opposite Peter Firth and Leigh Lawson.

The film became the most expensive made in France up to that time. Ultimately, ''Tess'' proved a financial success and was well-received by both critics and the public. For ''Tess'', Polanski won France's César Awards for Best Picture and Best Director and received his fourth Academy Award nomination (and his second nomination for Best Director). The film received three Oscars: best cinematography, best art direction and best costume design. In addition, ''Tess'' was nominated for best picture.

1980s

;''Pirates'' (1986) Nearly seven years passed before Polanski's next film, ''Pirates'', a lavish period piece starring Walter Matthau, which the director intended as an homage to the beloved Errol Flynn swashbucklers of his childhood. The film was shot on location in Tunisia, using a full sized pirate vessel constructed for the production. It was a financial and critical failure.

;''Frantic'' (1988) ''Frantic'' (1988) was Hitchcockian suspense-thriller starring Harrison Ford and the actress/model Emmanuelle Seigner, who later became Polanski's wife . The film follows an ordinary tourist in Paris whose wife is kidnapped. He attempts, hopelessly, to go through the Byzantine bureaucratic channels to deal with her disappearance, but finally takes matters into his own hands.

1990s

Polanski followed this with the dark psycho-sexual film ''Bitter Moon'' (1992), followed by a film of the acclaimed play ''Death and the Maiden'' (1994) starring Sigourney Weaver, and then ''The Ninth Gate'' (1999), a thriller based on the novel The Club Dumas and starring Johnny Depp.

In 1997, Polanski directed a stage version of his 1967 film ''The Fearless Vampire Killers'', which debuted in Vienna followed by successful runs in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Berlin, and Budapest. On 1998, Polanski was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In an interview with David Letterman in 1982, she described their relationship and gave her opinion about his sexual assault case, claiming it was "ridiculous" and his residence in France was "a loss for America."

Emmanuelle Seigner

In 1989, Polanski married French actress Emmanuelle Seigner. They have two children, daughter Morgane and son Elvis. Polanski and his children speak Polish at home.

Legal history

Sexual assault case

On 11 March 1977, Polanski, then 43 years old, was arrested for the sexual assault of 13-year-old Samantha Geimer during a photo shoot for French ''Vogue'' magazine. Soon after he was indicted on six counts of criminal behavior, including rape. At his arraignment Polanski pled not guilty to all charges.

Geimer's attorney next arranged a plea bargain, which Polanski accepted, in which five of the six charges would be dismissed. As a result, Polanski pled guilty to the charge of "Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with a minor," and was ordered to undergo 90 days of psychiatric evaluation at Chino State Prison.

On release from prison after 42 days, Polanski expected that at final sentencing he would be put on probation, but the judge, Laurence J. Rittenband, had apparently changed his mind in the interim and now "suggested" to Polanski's attorney, Douglas Dalton, that more jail time and possible deportation were in order. Polanski was also told by his attorney that despite the fact that the prosecuting attorneys recommended probation, "the judge could no longer be trusted . . ." and the judge's representations were "worthless."

Upon learning of the judge's plans Polanski fled to France on 1 February 1978, just hours before sentencing by the judge. As a French citizen, he has been protected from extradition and has lived mostly in France since then.

Geimer sued Polanski in 1988, alleging sexual assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and seduction. In 1993 Polanski agreed to settle with Geimer; however, in August 1996 Polanski still owed her $604,416. Geimer and her lawyers later confirmed that the settlement was completed.

On 26 September 2009, Polanski was arrested while in Switzerland at the request of U.S. authorities. He was kept in jail near Zurich for two months, then put under house arrest at his home in Gstaad while awaiting decision of appeals fighting extradition to the U.S. On 12 July 2010 the Swiss rejected the U.S. request, declared him a "free man" and released him from custody. All six of the original charges still remain pending in the U.S.

The victim, Samantha Geimer, during a television interview on 10 March 2011, blames the media, reporters, the court, and the judge for causing "way more damage to [her] and her family than anything Roman Polanski has ever done." She adds that the media were "really cruel," stating that the judge was using her and a noted celebrity for his own personal gain from the media exposure.

Documentary films

In 2008 the documentary film, ''Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired'', was released in Europe and the U.S. where it won numerous awards. The film focuses on the judge in the case and the possible reasons why he changed his mind. It includes interviews with those involved in the case, including the victim, Geimer, who commented about the judge: :"He didn't care what happened to me, and he didn't care what happened to Polanski. He was orchestrating some little show . . . " Geimer's attorney, Lawrence Silver, adds that Polanski "was supposed to be treated fairly, and he clearly was not." In an interview with the prosecuting attorney, Roger Gunson, he states "I'm not surprised that Polanski left under those circumstances," and, "it was going to be a real circus." Former DA David Wells, made famous for stating on the documentary that he advised the trial judge to incarcerate Polanski, later admitted that he 'played up' his own role in the prosecution and that these back-door conversations in fact did not take place. David Wells's original statements were the most damning against the Polanski prosecution. |- | style="text-align:center;"|1965 |Berlin Film Festival |Silver Berlin Bear-Extraordinary Jury Prize (''Repulsion'') | |- | style="text-align:center;"|1966 |Berlin Film Festival |Golden Bear (''Cul-de-sac'') | |- |1968 |Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |Best screenplay adaptation (''Rosemary's Baby'') | |- |1974 |Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |Academy Award for Best Director (''Chinatown'') | |- |1974 |Golden Globe Awards |Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture (''Chinatown'') | |- |1974 |British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) |Best Direction (''Chinatown'') | |- |1979 |Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma (César) |César Award for Best Picture (''Tess'') | |- |1979 |Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma (César) |César Award for Best Director (''Tess'') | |- |1979 |Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |Academy Award for Directing (''Tess'') | |- |1979 |Golden Globe Awards |Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film (''Tess'') | |- |1979 |Golden Globe Awards |Golden Globe Award for Best Director—Motion Picture (''Tess'') | |- |2002 |British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) |Best Film; Best Director (''The Pianist'') | |- |2002 |Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |Academy Award for Best Director (''The Pianist'') | |- |2002 |Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma (César) |César Award for Best Director (''The Pianist'') | |- |2002 |Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma (César) |César Award for Best Film (''The Pianist'') | |- |2002 |Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma (César) |César Award for Best Director (''The Pianist'') | |- |2004 |Karlovy Vary International Film Festival |Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema | |- | 2009 |Zurich Film Festival Golden Icon Award |Lifetime achievement |

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External links

Roman Polanski's official webpage

Interview with Charlie Rose, March 2000

"Interview: ''Roman Polanski: 'Wanted and Desired''

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Birth name	Quentin Jerome Tarantino
Birth date	March 27, 1963
Birth place	Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor
Years active	1988–present
Notable works	''Pulp Fiction'', ''Kill Bill'', ''Inglourious Basterds'', ''Reservoir Dogs''
influences	Sergio Leone, Brian De Palma, Howard Hawks, John Woo, Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Luc Godard, Elmore Leonard, Samuel Fuller, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Jean-Pierre Melville, Sergio Corbucci, Takashi Miike }}

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence. His films include ''Reservoir Dogs'' (1992), ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994), ''Jackie Brown'' (1997), ''Kill Bill'' (2003, 2004), ''Death Proof'' (2007), ''Inglourious Basterds'' (2009), and the upcoming feature ''Django Unchained'' (2012). He has earned an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA and the Palme d'Or, as well as Emmy and Grammy nominations. His movies are generally characterized by stylistic influences from grindhouse, kung fu, and spaghetti western films. Tarantino also frequently collaborates with his friend and fellow filmmaker Robert Rodriguez.

Early life

Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Tony Tarantino, an actor and amateur musician who was born in Queens, New York, and Connie McHugh, a nurse. Tarantino's father is of Italian descent and his mother is of Irish and Cherokee ancestry. He was raised by his mother, as his parents separated before his birth. When he was two years old, he moved to Torrance, California and later to the Harbor City neighborhood where he went to Fleming Junior High School in Lomita and took drama classes. He attended Narbonne High School in Harbor City for his freshman year before dropping out of school at age 15, to attend an acting class full time at the James Best Theater Company in Toluca Lake.

At age 22 he worked with epic film maker Joshua Dymond on a short project called, El Visto Paradiso Three. As an employee of the Video Archives, a now-defunct video rental store in Manhattan Beach, he and fellow movie enthusiasts, including Roger Avary, discussed cinema and customer video recommendations at length. He paid close attention to the types of films people liked to rent and has cited that experience as inspiration for his directorial career. Tarantino has been quoted as saying, "When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'"

Film career

After Tarantino met Lawrence Bender at a Hollywood party, Bender encouraged him to write a screenplay. Tarantino directed and co-wrote a movie called ''My Best Friend's Birthday'' in 1987. The final reel of the film was almost fully destroyed in a lab fire that occurred during editing but its screenplay would form the basis for ''True Romance''. In January 1992, Tarantino's ''Reservoir Dogs'' screened at the Sundance Film Festival and was an immediate hit. The film garnered critical acclaim. ''Reservoir Dogs'' was a dialogue-driven heist movie that set the tone for his later films. Tarantino wrote the script in three and a half weeks and Bender forwarded it to director Monte Hellman. Hellman helped Tarantino to secure funding from Richard Gladstein at Live Entertainment (which later became Artisan). Harvey Keitel read the script and also contributed to funding, taking a co-producer role, and a part in the movie.

Tarantino's screenplay ''True Romance'' was optioned and eventually released in 1993. The second script that Tarantino sold was ''Natural Born Killers'', which was revised by Dave Veloz, Richard Rutowski and director Oliver Stone. Tarantino was given story credit, and wished the film well. Following the success of ''Reservoir Dogs'', Tarantino was approached by Hollywood and offered numerous projects, including ''Speed'' and ''Men in Black''. He instead retreated to Amsterdam to work on his script for ''Pulp Fiction''. After ''Pulp Fiction'' was completed, he then directed Episode Four of ''Four Rooms'', "The Man from Hollywood", a tribute to the ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' episode that starred Steve McQueen. ''Four Rooms'' was a collaborative effort with filmmakers Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, and Robert Rodriguez. The film was very poorly received by critics. He appeared in and wrote the script for Robert Rodriguez's ''From Dusk till Dawn'', which saw mixed reviews from the critics yet led to two sequels, for which Tarantino and Rodriguez would only serve as executive producers.

Tarantino's third feature film was ''Jackie Brown'' (1997), an adaptation of ''Rum Punch'', a novel by Elmore Leonard. A homage to blaxploitation films, it starred Pam Grier, who starred in many of that genre's films of the 1970s. He had then planned to make the war film provisionally titled ''Inglourious Bastards'', but postponed it to write and direct ''Kill Bill'' (released as two films, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2), a highly stylized "revenge flick" in the cinematic traditions of ''Wuxia'' (Chinese martial arts), ''Jidaigeki'' (Japanese period cinema), Spaghetti Westerns and Italian horror. It was based on a character (The Bride) and a plot that he and ''Kill Bill's'' lead actress, Uma Thurman, had developed during the making of ''Pulp Fiction''. In 2004, Tarantino returned to Cannes, where he served as President of the Jury. Although ''Kill Bill'' was not in competition, Vol. 2 had an evening screening, while it was also shown on the morning of the final day in its original 3-hour-plus version with Quentin himself attending the full screening. Tarantino then went on to be credited as "Special Guest Director" in Robert Rodriguez's 2005 neo-noir film ''Sin City'' for his work directing the car sequence featuring Clive Owen and Benicio del Toro.

The next film project was ''Grindhouse'', which he co-directed with Rodriguez. Released in theaters on April 6, 2007, Tarantino's contribution to the ''Grindhouse'' project was titled ''Death Proof''. It began as a take on 1970s slasher films, but evolved dramatically as the project unfolded. Ticket sales were low despite mostly positive reviews.

Among his current producing credits are the horror flick ''Hostel'' (which included numerous references to his own ''Pulp Fiction''), the adaptation of Elmore Leonard's ''Killshot'' (for which Tarantino was credited as an executive producer although Taratino was no longer associated with the film after its 2009 release.) and ''Hell Ride'' (written and directed by Larry Bishop, who appeared in ''Kill Bill Vol. 2'').

Tarantino's summer 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds'' is the story of a group of guerrilla U.S. soldiers in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Filming began in October 2008. The film opened on August 21, 2009 to very positive reviews and the #1 spot at the box office worldwide. It went on to become Tarantino's highest grossing film, both in the United States and worldwide.

Producer

In recent years, Tarantino has used his Hollywood power to give smaller and foreign films arguably more attention than they would otherwise have received. These films are usually labeled "Presented by Quentin Tarantino" or "Quentin Tarantino Presents". The first of these productions was in 2001 with the Hong Kong martial arts film ''Iron Monkey'' which made over $14 million in the United States, seven times its budget. In 2004 he brought the Chinese martial arts film ''Hero'' to U.S. shores. It ended up having a #1 opening at the box office and making $53.5 million. In 2006, the latest "Quentin Tarantino presents" production, ''Hostel'', opened at #1 at the box office with a $20.1 million opening weekend, good for 8th all time in January. He presented 2006's ''The Protector'', and is a producer of the (2007) film ''Hostel: Part II''. in 2008 he produced the Larry Bishop helmed ''Hell Ride'', a revenge biker film.

In addition, in 1995 Tarantino formed Rolling Thunder Pictures with Miramax as a vehicle to release or re-release several independent and foreign features. By 1997, Miramax shut down the company due to "lack of interest" in the pictures released. The following films were released by Rolling Thunder Pictures: ''Chungking Express'' (1994, dir. Wong Kar-wai), ''Switchblade Sisters'' (1975, dir. Jack Hill), ''Sonatine'' (1993, dir. Takeshi Kitano), ''Hard Core Logo'' (1996, dir. Bruce McDonald), ''The Mighty Peking Man'' (1977, dir. Ho Meng-Hua), ''Detroit 9000'' (1973, dir. Arthur Marks), ''The Beyond'' (1981, dir. Lucio Fulci) and ''Curdled'' (1996, dir. Reb Braddock).

Other potential projects

Before ''Inglourious Basterds'', Quentin Tarantino had considered making ''The Vega Brothers''. The film would have starred Michael Madsen and John Travolta reprising their roles of Vic (Mr. Blonde) from ''Reservoir Dogs'' and Vincent from ''Pulp Fiction''. But in 2007, because of the age of the actors and the onscreen deaths of both characters, he claimed that the project (which he intended to call ''Double V Vega'') is "kind of unlikely now".

In 2009, in an interview for Italian TV, after being asked about the success of the two ''Kill Bill'' films, Tarantino said "You haven't asked me about the third one", and that he would be making a third ''Kill Bill'' film with the words "The Bride will fight again!" Later that year, at the Morelia International Film Festival, Tarantino announced that ''Kill Bill: Vol. 3'' would be his ninth film, and would be released in 2014. He said he intends to make another unrelated film before that date as his eighth film. He confirmed that he wanted ten years to pass between The Bride's last conflict, to give her and her daughter a period of peace.

In a 2007 interview with ''The Daily Telegraph'', he discussed an idea for a form of spaghetti western set in America's Deep South which he called "a southern", stating that he wanted "to do movies that deal with America's horrible past with slavery and stuff but do them like spaghetti westerns, not like big issue movies. I want to do them like they're genre films, but they deal with everything that America has never dealt with because it's ashamed of it, and other countries don't really deal with because they don't feel they have the right to". On May 2, 2011, it was confirmed that the title of this film will be ''Django Unchained'', and feature the revenge of a slave on his former master. Tarantino finished the script on April 26, 2011, and handed in the final draft to The Weinstein Company. Agency William Morris Endeavor reported Christoph Waltz was cast to play a German bounty hunter, with Stacey Sher producing. Although Will Smith and Idris Elba were heavily rumored to be up for the title role, Jamie Foxx has since been confirmed to play Django. Tarantino regular Samuel L. Jackson will play Stephen, a wise, proud house slave. Leonardo DiCaprio has also been officially cast in the role of "Calvin Candie", the primary antagonist in the film. Kevin Costner has been cast as Ace Woody, a "vile and sadistic trainer of slaves who are forced to fight in death matches for a plantation owner (DiCaprio)". The film is said to be inspired by the 1966 film ''Django'', directed by Sergio Corbucci. The film is scheduled to be released on Christmas Day 2012.

Personal life

Tarantino has been romantically linked with actress Mira Sorvino, directors Allison Anders and Sofia Coppola, actresses Julie Dreyfus and comedians Kathy Griffin and Margaret Cho. There have also been rumors about his relationship with Uma Thurman, whom he has referred to as his "muse". However, Tarantino has stated that their relationship is strictly platonic. Tarantino stated "I'm not saying that I'll never get married or have a kid before I'm 60. But I've made a choice, so far, to go on this road alone. Because this is my time to make movies." He also has said that he plans to retire from filmmaking at age 60, to focus on writing novels and film literature. He also is skeptical of the film industry going digital, saying, "If it actually gets to the place where you can't show 35 mm film in theatres anymore and everything is digital projection, I won't even make it to 60."

On, February 18, 2010, it was announced that Tarantino had bought the New Beverly Cinema. Tarantino allowed the current owners to continue operating the theater, but he will be making programming suggestions from time to time. He was quoted as saying: "As long as I'm alive, and as long as I'm rich, the New Beverly will be there, showing double features in 35mm."

His favorite music writers are Bob Dylan and Ghostface Killah from the Wu-Tang Clan.

Influences and style of filmmaking

In an awards ceremony in the Critics Choice Awards celebrating Tarantino, he said he got his start in filmmaking in his 20s. Music is an important part of his filmmaking style. He said he would listen to music in his bedroom and create scenes that correlated to the music playing.

In the 2002 ''Sight & Sound'' Directors' poll, Tarantino revealed his top-twelve films: ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''; ''Rio Bravo''; ''Taxi Driver''; ''His Girl Friday''; ''Rolling Thunder''; ''They All Laughed''; ''The Great Escape''; ''Carrie''; ''Coffy''; ''Dazed and Confused''; ''Five Fingers of Death''; and ''Hi Diddle Diddle''. In 2009, he named Kinji Fukasaku's violent action film ''Battle Royale'' as his favorite film released since he became a director in 1992.

In August 2007, while teaching a four-hour film course during the 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival in Manila, Tarantino cited Filipino directors Cirio Santiago, Eddie Romero, and Gerardo de León as personal icons from the 1970s, citing De Leon's "soul-shattering, life-extinguishing" movies on vampires and female bondage, particularly ''Women in Cages''. "It is just harsh, harsh, harsh," he said, and described the final shot as one of "devastating despair".

Tarantino's different style of film making earned him many accolades worldwide. According to Tarantino, a recurring hallmark in all his movies is that there is a different sense of humour in all his movies, which gets the audience to laugh at things that aren't funny. Michael Winner, whilst appearing on an episode of Piers Morgan's life stories (an ITV production), stated that Quentin Tarantino was a "big fan" of Death Wish.

Racial epithets in Tarantino's work

Spike Lee questions Tarantino's use of racial epithets in his films, particularly the racially offensive epithet, "nigger". In a ''Variety'' interview discussing ''Jackie Brown'', Lee said: "I'm not against the word... and I use it, but Quentin is infatuated with the word. What does he want? To be made an honorary black man?" Tarantino responded on ''Charlie Rose'' by stating:

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In addition, Tarantino retaliated on ''The Howard Stern Show'' by stating Lee would have to "stand on a chair to kiss my ass." Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in both directors' films, defended Tarantino's use of the word. At the Berlin Film Festival, where ''Jackie Brown'' was being screened, Jackson responded to Lee's criticism by saying:

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Tarantino has defended his use of the word, arguing that black audiences have an appreciation of his blaxploitation-influenced films that eludes some of his critics, and, indeed, that ''Jackie Brown'', another oft-cited example, was primarily made for "black audiences".

According to a 1995 ''Premiere'' magazine article, actor Denzel Washington also confronted Tarantino on his usage of racial slurs in his pictures, but mentioned that Tarantino was a "fine artist."

Recurring collaborators

Awards

''Reservoir Dogs'' was given the Critic's Award at the 4th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 1993.

''Pulp Fiction'' won the ''Palme d'Or'' (Golden Palm) at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. The film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning one for Best Original Screenplay, which was shared jointly by Tarantino and co-writer Roger Avary.

In 1996, Tarantino was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor in ''From Dusk Till Dawn'', but lost against Marlon Brando in ''The Island of Dr. Moreau''.

In 2005, Quentin Tarantino won the Icon of the Decade award at the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards.

On August 15, 2007, Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presented Tarantino with a lifetime achievement award at the Malacañang Palace in Manila.

In 2009, his film ''Inglourious Basterds'' was nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, winning one for Best Supporting Actor.

In March 2010, Tarantino was awarded the ''Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic'' along with Lucy Liu and Andy Vajna for producing the 2006 movie ''Freedom's Fury''.

In February 2011, Tarantino received an honorary César from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma.

Filmography

Although Tarantino is best known for his work behind the camera, he has appeared on the large screen, on the small screen, and onstage, in a variety of roles.

Year	Film	Functioned as					Notes
		! width="65"	! width="65"	! width="65"	Actor	! Role
1987	''My Best Friend's Birthday''					Clarence Pool	Short Film
1992	''Reservoir Dogs''					Mr. Brown
1993	''True Romance''
	''Pulp Fiction''					Jimmie Dimmick
''Natural Born Killers''						Story
''Sleep With Me''					Sid	Cameo appearance
''Killing Zoe''						Executive producer
	''Four Rooms''					Chester Rush	segment ''The Man from Hollywood''
					Pick Up Guy	Cameo appearance
''Destiny Turns on the Radio''					Johnny Destiny
	''From Dusk Till Dawn''					Richard Gecko
''Girl Six''					Himself
						Executive Producer
1997						Answering Machine Voice (voice)
							Executive Producer
						Executive Producer
2000	''Little Nicky''					Deacon	Cameo appearance
2003 2004	''Kill Bill'' (Vol. I & II)					Crazy 88 Member	Cameo appearance
2004	''My Name Is Modesty''						Executive Producer
	''Daltry Calhoun''						Executive Producer
						Executive Producer
2006	''Freedom's Fury''						Executive Producer
						Warren the bartender Lewis/Rapist #1	Segment: ''Death Proof'' Segment: ''Planet Terror''
''Sukiyaki Western Django''					Ringo	Cameo
''Hostel: Part II''						Executive Producer
2008	''Hell Ride''						Executive Producer
2009	''Inglourious Basterds''					First scalped victim American GI	Cameo appearance Film within a film: ''Nation's Pride''
2011	''The Man with the Iron Fists''
2012	''Django Unchained''

Stage actor

Beginning on April 5, 1998, Tarantino starred in a revival of ''Wait Until Dark'' at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway, where it ran for 97 performances.

Television appearances

Tarantino appeared as Desmond, a bootleg video salesman, on the short-lived sitcom ''All-American Girl'', starring then-girlfriend Margaret Cho, in the episode "Pulp Sitcom," a parody of ''Pulp Fiction''.

Tarantino appeared in the first and third seasons of the TV show ''Alias'', as McKenas Cole.

Tarantino played an Elvis impersonator in a season four episode of ''The Golden Girls''.

In November 2006, an episode of the Sundance Channel's ''Iconoclasts'' features Quentin Tarantino interviewing and spending time with singer Fiona Apple.

Tarantino hosted an episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' in season 21 (1995–1996 season) with musical guest The Smashing Pumpkins.

Tarantino was featured as a guest judge on the televised singing competition, ''American Idol'', for one episode during its third season in 2004. He later served as a mentor during the eighth season's top 7 round, featuring "songs of the cinema."

Television directing

Tarantino has directed and been called to direct numerous television episodes.

Tarantino directed the season 20 (1994–1995 season) episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' hosted by John Travolta (musical guest: Seal), which featured a sketch called "Quentin Tarantino's ''Welcome Back, Kotter''", a hybrid of the 1970s sitcom, ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' and Tarantino's film ''Reservoir Dogs''.

Tarantino directed the season 1, episode 24, of ''ER'' titled "Motherhood", that aired May 11, 1995.

In 1997, Tarantino was originally slated to direct the ''The X-Files'' episode, "Never Again" (episode 4x13, which originally aired February 2, 1997), but was prevented from doing so by the Directors Guild of America. The episode features Scully heading to Philadelphia, while Mulder is on vacation, to interview a man who claims his tattoo talks to him. Although the episode was written specifically for Tarantino to direct, the DGA contended that Tarantino, who is not a member, failed to compensate the union for lost revenue as a result of his directorial work on ''ER''. Tarantino directed an April 20, 2004 episode of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''

Tarantino earned an Emmy nomination for directing the fifth season finale of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', which first aired May 19, 2005. The highly rated episode, entitled "Grave Danger", shared a similar situation to one in Tarantino's second ''Kill Bill'' film; CSI Nick Stokes is captured and buried alive in a Plexiglas coffin while an Internet camera broadcasts the entire ordeal to CSI headquarters. (In ''Kill Bill Vol. 2'', The Bride was also captured and buried alive in a coffin.) The broadcast was delayed in the UK as the broadcast date coincided with the 7/7 terrorist attacks in London and it was felt that the depiction of a suicide bomber could cause offense. This double-length episode was released on DVD on October 10, 2005.

See also

Quentin Tarantino Film Festival, a film festival in Austin, Texas hosted by Tarantino.

References

Further reading

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External links

Main reference sites

Quentin Tarantino at Rotten Tomatoes

Quentin Tarantino discography at Discogs

Quentin Tarantino at Last.fm

Quentin Tarantino on AnyClip

Interviews and essays

Anatomy of a Tarantino Film at BrokenProjector

FilmFocus Interview

"I call the shots here" by Quentin Tarantino, March 4, 2007

Remaking History: An Interview with Quentin Tarantino by Rene Rodriguez, August 18, 2009

Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures, filmed career retrospective by BAFTA, January 11, 2010

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez discuss their double feature, "Grindhouse", on Charlie Rose April 5, 2007

''The Unbearable Lightness of Being Cool: Appropriation and Prospects of Subversion in the Works of Quentin Tarantino''

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