George Tillman Jr.
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
DirectingBirthday
January 26, 1969Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
19Place of birth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/l2O5FILKdFQoBW7uDzmm3wyr6cA.jpg)
Crew credits
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yeV2H5dJmaR4XmNNG6q3ikV8a8y.jpg)
Barbershop
Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wNUAnXV1mzOOfvnVBIYsalkk078.jpg)
Men of Honor
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/AsUeaXrhw4oscCSjUZ6heh1pVvd.jpg)
Faster
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/97t6YjxjTpwQ439MJcPiPDrMAg0.jpg)
Soul Food
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/62NsZPgueSiE8y7dqtU3FSLFwYw.jpg)
Notorious
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nh6xU7IKEPdrBPYKezf6iKi1Jgc.jpg)
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Director, Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qdUVfvPBvT6cetDDM7rn8y2CNZE.jpg)
The Longest Ride
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2icwBom0t5nmOuZI9FVXF3gkMK0.jpg)
The Hate U Give
Director, Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/aOdvk6ubnx091Oprr6qjJ7OtZ8e.jpg)
On the Come Up
Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4h8WIvPb3nVh20xVHmvCzDJwnfP.jpg)
Beauty Shop
Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/n4sOe401udZJWJEOvKvSs3peZcB.jpg)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9mwzidlGgWfr2hcMWUKM86lOqdo.jpg)
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fdVd6thTstt0MQ4dUC1IXiOXpxv.jpg)
Big George Foreman
Director, Screenplay, Screenstory![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lStFr3EHTNbnyOdOk2QDCqYGnlR.jpg)
Roll Bounce
Producer