George Tillman Jr.

Director

Born: January 26, 1969 (57 years old)

Place of birth: 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.

Filmography (20)

• Men of Honor (2000, ★ 7.5)
• Barbershop (2002, ★ 6.4)
• Faster (2010, ★ 6.4)
• Barbershop (2005, ★ 7.3)
• Soul Food (1997, ★ 6.2)
• Notorious (2009, ★ 6.9)
• The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013, ★ 7.1)
• The Longest Ride (2015, ★ 7.6)
• Big George Foreman (2023, ★ 7.6)
• The Hate U Give (2018, ★ 8.1)
• This Is Us (2016, ★ 8.2)
• For Life (2020, ★ 7.8)
• Roll Bounce (2005, ★ 6.7)
• Marvel's Luke Cage (2016, ★ 6.9)
• On the Come Up (2022, ★ 5.9)
• Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016, ★ 6.3)
• Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004, ★ 6)
• Beauty Shop (2005, ★ 6.3)
• Nothing Like the Holidays (2008, ★ 6.3)
• The Crossover (2023, ★ 5.6)