Quentin Tarantino writes.
Quentin Jerome Tarantino ( [ ˌtærənˈtiːnoʊ ] born March 27 , 1963 ) is an American director , writer , and actor . His long-postponed Inglourious Basterds , which tells the fictional alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany 's political leadership , was released in 2009 to positive reviews .