George Tillman, Jr. Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter

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Notorious

Crew: Director

Actors: Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Anthony Mackie

Synopsis: Fox Searchlight presents the tragic life story of rap star Notorious B.I.G. from director George Tillman Jr. (Soul Food) and executive producer Sean "Diddy" Combs. The script is provided by Cheo Hodari Coker and Biker Boyz writer/director Reggie Rock Blythewood. Jamal Woolard portrays the slain Read More

1/16/09
Nothing Like the Holidays

Crew: Producer

Actors: Freddy Rodriguez, John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina, Jay Hernandez

Synopsis: Freddy Rodriguez, John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina, and Elizabeth Peña star in Washington Heights director Alfredo de Villa's earnest family drama about the importance of familial relationships in times of personal crisis. The snow is falling and Christmas has come to Chicago. For the Read More

11/21/08
Phenom

Crew: Producer

Actors: Chris Brown

Synopsis: After a high school basketball prodigy (Chris Brown) goes pro and snooping journalists discover that he's the illegitimate son of a prominent NBA star, the playoffs get particularly interesting as father and son's respective teams appear poised to square off in the biggest game of the year. Read More

2008
Roll Bounce

Crew: Producer

Actors: Bow Wow, Chi McBride, Meagan Good, Wesley Jonathan, Kellita Smith

Synopsis: A handful of inner-city kids move up to the big time in this teen-centric musical. Xavier Smith (Bow Wow), known to his friends as X, is a teenager growing up on the South Side of Chicago in the late '70s. X and his buddies are the hotshot skaters at the Palisades Gardens, a neighborhood roller Read More

9/23/05
Beauty Shop

Crew: Producer

Actors: Kevin Bacon, Andie MacDowell, Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari, Paige Hurd, Queen Latifah

Synopsis: While the men of Barbershop and Barbershop 2 have plenty to mouth off about, they may have met their match in the female staff and clientele of a nearby beauty shop. Directed by Bille Woodruff, Beauty Shop revolves around these women led by Gina (Queen Latifah), who opened Beauty Shop to give all Read More

3/30/05
Barbershop [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Omar Gooding, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Anna Brown, Wes Chatham, Leslie Elliard, Barry "Shabaka" Henley, Toni Trucks, Dan White

2005
Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity

Synopsis: Kevin Rodney Sullivan steps in to direct the urban comedy sequel Barbershop 2: Back in Business. The whole gang -- Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), Jimmy James (Sean Patrick Thomas), Terri (Eve), Isaac (Troy Garity), Ricky (Michael Ealy), and Dinka (Leonard Earl Howze) -- are still there in the Read More

2/6/04
Barbershop

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Troy Garity

Synopsis: Calvin (Ice Cube) never wanted to take over the family business, a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Disgusted with the shop's crime-ridden neighborhood, and caught up in his moneymaking schemes, one morning Calvin decides to sell the shop to the shady Lester (Keith David). Chastised by his Read More

9/13/02
Men of Honor

Crew: Director

Actors: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook

Synopsis: This military drama is based on the true story of Carl Brashear, who was the first African-American to serve as a diver in the United States Navy. Brashear (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) was born to a poor farming family in the deep South, and joined the Navy in hopes of bettering himself. When Read More

11/10/00
Soul Food [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Rockmond Dunbar, Irma P. Hall, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Boris Kodjoe

Synopsis: Adapted from the acclaimed 1997 film of the same name, the Showtime series Soul Food revolves around the fortunes of the Joseph clan, a close-knit African-American family coping with the death of their beloved matriarch, Big Mama (Irma P. Hall, who also played the character on the big screen). Read More

2000
Soul Food

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer

Synopsis: This hit domestic comedy-drama concerned the fortunes of an extended African-American family recalled through the eyes of young narrator Ahmad (Brandon Hammond). Ahmad's world revolves around his grandmother, Big Mama Joseph (Irma P. Hall) and her three daughters: workaholic attorney Teri (Vanessa Williams Read More

1997