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.
Production Credits
George Tillman, Jr. has 30 production credits.Production
Credited for Producer in 12 shows - Talent Show, The Thanksgiving Text, Make Some Noise, Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Beauty Shop, Barbershop, Roll Bounce, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete, Barbershop: The Next Cut, The Hate U Give and On the Come Up.
Credited for Executive Producer in 2 shows - Untitled Adewumi Family Project and For Life.
Directing
Credited for Director in 13 shows - The Defender, Soul Food, Men of Honor, Notorious, Faster, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete, The Longest Ride, This Is Us, Marvel's Luke Cage, The Hate U Give, For Life, The Crossover and Big George Foreman.
Writing
Credited for Screenplay in 1 show - Big George Foreman.
Credited for Screenstory in 1 show - Big George Foreman.
Credited for Writer in 1 show - Soul Food.