Quentin Tarantino Zionist

 Nadene Goldfoot

                                                            

Quentin Tarantino resides in Tel Aviv with his Israeli wife, singer and actress Daniella Pick, and their two children. The family lives in an upscale property in the northern neighborhood of Tel Baruch and chose to stay in Israel during the ongoing conflict.  He's not Jewish, but is proud to be a Zionist.  

• Conflict zone resilience: During escalations, the family has remained in Israel. His wife noted in interviews that Tarantino has been calm during missile sirens, famously quipping that he would "die as a Zionist".

Solidarity Visits

• In October 2023, Tarantino made surprise visits to military bases in southern Israel to show solidarity and boost the morale of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) troops.
• He toured affected areas, mingled with soldiers, and posed for photos and videos with troops.
• While the family’s primary permanent home is in Israel, Tarantino frequently travels for professional projects. Rather than uprooting his kids, he divides his schedule, often doing short work trips—such as periods in London or Los Angeles for writing and film projects—while prioritizing his family time in Tel Aviv. 
• Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born on March 27, 1963, in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Bible Belt,  the only child of Connie McHugh and aspiring actor Tony Tarantino, who left the family before his son's birth. He has claimed to have Cherokee ancestry through his mother, who was also of Irish descent, while his father was Italian-American. He was named in part after Quint Asper, Burt Reynolds's character in the TV series Gunsmoke. Tarantino's mother met his father during a trip to Los Angeles; after a brief marriage and divorce, she left Los Angeles and moved to Knoxville, where her parents lived, and returned to Los Angeles with her son in 1966.

Quentin Jerome Tarantino   is an American filmmaker, actor, and author. His films are characterized by graphic violence, extended dialogue often featuring much profanity, and references to popular culture.

His work has earned a cult following alongside critical and commercial success; he has been named by some as the most influential director of his generation and has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. His films have grossed more than $1.9 billion worldwide.

Tarantino's film Inglourious Basterds, released in 2009, is the story of a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers in Nazi-occupied France in an alternate history of World War II.(was this the result of someone's dream?  Re-writing WWII? ) He had planned to start work on the film after Jackie Brown but postponed this to make Kill Bill after a meeting with Uma Thurman. Filming began on "Inglorious Bastards", as it was provisionally titled, in October 2008. The film opened in August 2009 to positive reviews with the highest box office gross in the US and Canada for the weekend on release. For the film, Tarantino earned his second nominations for both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

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