Director
George Tillman Jr.
- Born January 26, 1969 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
George Tillman Jr. (born January 26, 1969) is an American film director and producer. He attended John Marshall High School in Milwaukee, where he took Mass Communications magnet classes. He graduated from Columbia College in Chicago in 1991 with a major in Film and Video. Tillman is most notable for directing the films Soul Food (1997) and Men of Honor (2000). He is also the producer of the Soul Food: The Series on television and the three films in the Barbershop series: Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and Beauty Shop.
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He also directed the 2009 biopic Notorious about the New York-born rapper Notorious B.I.G.
Known for
The Longest Ride2015
Men of Honor2000
The Hate U Give2018
Faster2010
Marvel's Luke Cage2016
This Is Us2016
Notorious2009
Beauty Shop2005
Filmography
- TBAMake Some NoiseFilmProducer
- TBAThe DefenderFilmDirector
- TBAThe Thanksgiving TextFilmProducer
- TBAUntitled Adewumi Family ProjectFilmExecutive Producer
- TBATalent ShowFilmProducer
- TBAOne Night OutFilmDirector, Producer
- 2023Big George ForemanFilmDirector, Screenstory, Screenplay
- 2023The CrossoverSeriesDirector
- 2022On the Come UpFilmProducer
- 2020For LifeSeriesDirector, Executive Producer
- 2018The Hate U GiveFilmDirector, Producer
- 2016Marvel's Luke CageSeriesDirector
- 2016This Is UsSeriesDirector
- 2016Barbershop: The Next CutFilmProducer
- 2015The Longest RideFilmDirector
- 2013The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteFilmDirector, Producer
- 2010FasterFilmDirector
- 2009NotoriousFilmDirector
- 2008Nothing Like the HolidaysFilmProducer
- 2005Beauty ShopFilmProducer
- 2005Roll BounceFilmProducer
- 2005BarbershopSeriesProducer
- 2004Barbershop 2: Back in BusinessFilmProducer
- 2002BarbershopFilmProducer
- 2000Men of HonorFilmDirector
- 1997Soul FoodFilmDirector, Writer