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Eric Tignini

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
  • Director
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Eric Tignini is known for Jerome (1998), Forrest Gump (1994) and Armored (2009).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Wendie Malick and Drew Pillsbury in Jerome (1998)
    Jerome
    6.5
    • Producer
    • 1998
    Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)
    Forrest Gump
    8.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1994
    Skeet Ulrich, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Milo Ventimiglia, Amaury Nolasco, and Columbus Short in Armored (2009)
    Armored
    5.7
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2009
    Kevin Kline and Will Smith in Wild Wild West (1999)
    Wild Wild West
    5.0
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1999

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Noah Wyle in The Pitt (2025)
      The Pitt
      8.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2025–2026
    • Robert Downey Jr., Sandra Oh, Hoa Xuande, and Fred Nguyen Khan in The Sympathizer (2024)
      The Sympathizer
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Matthew Rhys in Perry Mason (2020)
      Perry Mason
      7.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman in Good Girls (2018)
      Good Girls
      7.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2019–2020
    • Ray Romano and Chris O'Dowd in Get Shorty (2017)
      Get Shorty
      8.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2017–2019
    • Mamma Dallas (2016)
      Mamma Dallas
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
      Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Lizzy Caplan, Michael Sheen, Caitlin FitzGerald, and Annaleigh Ashford in Masters of Sex (2013)
      Masters of Sex
      7.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2013–2016
    • Paul Adelstein and Lisa Edelstein in Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014)
      Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
      7.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director: Los Angeles
      • 2015–2016
    • Bonnie Bedelia, Craig T. Nelson, Monica Potter, Joy Bryant, Erika Christensen, Lauren Graham, Sam Jaeger, Peter Krause, Mae Whitman, Dax Shepard, Max Burkholder, Miles Heizer, Tyree Brown, Savannah Paige Rae, and Xolo Maridueña in Parenthood (2010)
      Parenthood
      8.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2011–2015
    • Enlightened (2011)
      Enlightened
      7.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2011–2013
    • Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman, Jordana Brewster, Linda Gray, Jesse Metcalfe, Brenda Strong, Julie Gonzalo, and Josh Henderson in Dallas (2012)
      Dallas
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2012
    • Virginia Madsen, David James Elliott, Patrick John Flueger, Vanessa Marano, and Leven Rambin in Scoundrels (2010)
      Scoundrels
      6.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2010
    • Kelly Preston, Greg Kinnear, Miley Cyrus, and Liam Hemsworth in The Last Song (2010)
      The Last Song
      6.0
      • first assistant director
      • 2010
    • Skeet Ulrich, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Milo Ventimiglia, Amaury Nolasco, and Columbus Short in Armored (2009)
      Armored
      5.7
      • first assistant director
      • 2009

    Producer

    • Ray Romano and Chris O'Dowd in Get Shorty (2017)
      Get Shorty
      8.2
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2017–2019
    • Lizzy Caplan, Michael Sheen, Caitlin FitzGerald, and Annaleigh Ashford in Masters of Sex (2013)
      Masters of Sex
      7.9
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2015–2016
    • Enlightened (2011)
      Enlightened
      7.5
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2013
    • Wendie Malick and Drew Pillsbury in Jerome (1998)
      Jerome
      6.5
      • producer
      • 1998

    Director

    • Melissa Fumero, AnnaSophia Robb, Ben Rappaport, and Aja Naomi King in Grosse Pointe Garden Society (2025)
      Grosse Pointe Garden Society
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director (as Eric Galileo Tignini)
      • 2025
    • Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman in Good Girls (2018)
      Good Girls
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director (as Eric Galileo Tignini)
      • 2021
    • Ray Romano and Chris O'Dowd in Get Shorty (2017)
      Get Shorty
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director (as Eric Galileo Tignini)
      • 2019
    • Lizzy Caplan, Michael Sheen, Caitlin FitzGerald, and Annaleigh Ashford in Masters of Sex (2013)
      Masters of Sex
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director (as Eric Galileo Tignini)
      • 2016
    • Bonnie Bedelia, Craig T. Nelson, Monica Potter, Joy Bryant, Erika Christensen, Lauren Graham, Sam Jaeger, Peter Krause, Mae Whitman, Dax Shepard, Max Burkholder, Miles Heizer, Tyree Brown, Savannah Paige Rae, and Xolo Maridueña in Parenthood (2010)
      Parenthood
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director (as Eric Galileo Tignini)
      • 2014
    • Parenthood: Friday Night at the Luncheonette
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Wendie Malick and Drew Pillsbury in Jerome (1998)
      Jerome
      6.5
      • Director
      • 1998

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Eric Galileo Tignini

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