Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, film programmer, and cinema owner.
His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter, aestheticization of violence, extended scenes of dialogue, ensemble casts, references to popular culture and a wide variety of other films, soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s, alternate history, and features of neo-noir film.
Scott Marshall Smith, ‘Men of Honor’ Screenwriter, Dies at 62
variety.comDave McNary Film ReporterProducer-writer Scott Marshall Smith, who received his first screenplay credit on “Men of Honor,” died following a stroke, his family said Tuesday.
He was 62.Smith was a native of Monterey, Calif., and was raised in the Midwest. A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Smith began his career in entertainment working for commercial and music video director Bob Giraldi.
He spent four years learning production in New York before leaving Giraldi Productions to pursue his screenwriting career in Los Angeles.When Smith first arrived in LA, he joined Panavision Hollywood, where he supplied cameras to Quentin Tarantino and Emmanuel Lubezki.
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