Director
George Tillman Jr.
57 years · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA · 15 films
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. He also directed the 2009 biopic Notorious about the New York-born rapper Notorious B.I.G.
Best known for
Filmography 15
Big George Foreman
2023 · Director, Screenplay
On Hulu
On the Come Up
2022 · Producer
The Hate U Give
2018 · Director, Producer
On Starz Apple TV channel
Barbershop: The Next Cut
2016 · Producer
On Philo
The Longest Ride
2015 · Director
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
2013 · Director, Producer
On Plex
Faster
2010 · Director
On fuboTV
Notorious
2009 · Director
Nothing Like the Holidays
2008 · Producer
On Hoopla
Roll Bounce
2005 · Producer
On YouTube TV
Beauty Shop
2005 · Producer
On Philo
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004 · Producer
On Philo
Barbershop
2002 · Producer
On Philo
Men of Honor
2000 · Director
On Amazon Prime Video
Soul Food
1997 · Director, Writer