Robert Kurtzman - Trivia: Kurtzman was the first person to pay Quentin Tarintino to write a screenplay. For $1,500, Tarantino penned the screenplay for "From Dusk 'Til Dawn based on a short story Kurtzman had written about an action movie with the vampire element. From producing, directing and FX supervising, Robert Kurzman has done it all! 2012 Indie Filmmakers Hall of Fane inductee.