Person
George Tillman Jr.
Directing · Born 1969-01-26 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
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.
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This Is Us
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Marvel's Luke Cage
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For Life
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Faster
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Men of Honor
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The Longest Ride
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The Hate U Give
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Big George Foreman
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Barbershop: The Next Cut
Producer
Notorious
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Filmography
- 2023Big George ForemanDirector
- 2023The CrossoverDirector
- 2022On the Come UpProducer
- 2020For LifeDirector
- 2018The Hate U GiveDirector
- 2016Marvel's Luke CageDirector
- 2016This Is UsDirector
- 2016Barbershop: The Next CutProducer
- 2015The Longest RideDirector
- 2013The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteDirector
- 2010FasterDirector
- 2009NotoriousDirector
- 2008Nothing Like the HolidaysProducer
- 2005Roll BounceProducer
- 2005BarbershopProducer
- 2005Beauty ShopProducer
- 2004Barbershop 2: Back in BusinessProducer
- 2002BarbershopProducer
- 2000Men of HonorDirector
- 1997Soul FoodDirector
- —Make Some NoiseProducer
- —The DefenderDirector
- —The Thanksgiving TextProducer
- —Untitled Adewumi Family ProjectExecutive Producer
- —Talent ShowProducer
- —Nanny CamDirector
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