George Tillman Jr.

About

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.

Known for

This Is UsSeries • 2016Marvel's Luke CageSeries • 2016For LifeSeries • 2020FasterMovie • 2010Men of HonorMovie • 2000The Hate U GiveMovie • 2018Beauty ShopMovie • 2005The Longest RideMovie • 2015Big George ForemanMovie • 2023BarbershopMovie • 2002Barbershop: The Next CutMovie • 2016Barbershop 2: Back in BusinessMovie • 2004NotoriousMovie • 2009Roll BounceMovie • 2005On the Come UpMovie • 2022Soul FoodMovie • 1997The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteMovie • 2013Nothing Like the HolidaysMovie • 2008