George Tillman Jr.

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1969-01-26 (55 years old)

Place of Birth Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

George Tillman Jr.

Biography

George Tillman Jr. 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.

Known For

Director

The Defender

as Director

2023
Big George Foreman

as Director

2023
The Crossover

as Director

2020
For Life

as Director

2018
The Hate U Give

as Director

2016
This Is Us

as Director

2016
Marvel's Luke Cage

as Director

2015
The Longest Ride

as Director

2010
Faster

as Director

2009
Notorious

as Director

2000
Men of Honor

as Director

1997
Soul Food

as Director

Producer

Talent Show

as Producer

Untitled Adewumi Family Project

as Executive Producer

Make Some Noise

as Producer

2022
On the Come Up

as Producer

2020
For Life

as Executive Producer

2018
The Hate U Give

as Producer

2016
2005
Roll Bounce

as Producer

2005
Beauty Shop

as Producer

2005
Barbershop

as Producer

2002
Barbershop

as Producer

Writer

2023
Big George Foreman

as Screenplay

2023
Big George Foreman

as Screenstory

1997
Soul Food

as Writer