George Tillman Jr.

8 titles·Since 1997

January 26, 1969 · 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. He also directed the 2009 biopic Notorious about the New York-born rapper Notorious B.I.G.

Frequently works with

Anthony Mackie

2 titles together

Filmography (8)

Big George Foreman

2023 · Director

The Hate U Give

2018 · Director

The Longest Ride

2015 · Director

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

2013 · Director

Faster

2010 · Director

Notorious

2009 · Director

Men of Honor

2000 · Director

Soul Food

1997 · Director

January 26, 1969 · 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. He also directed the 2009 biopic Notorious about the New York-born rapper Notorious B.I.G.