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name: "Eric Tignini"
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average_fi1m_score: 64
updated: "2026-09-17T02:37:49.310753+00:00"
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# Eric Tignini

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1994–2013

## Biography

Eric Tignini is a director, producer and assistant director. He began his career as a production assistant on films including *Raising Arizona* (1987) before working as second second assistant director and first assistant director on features such as *Forrest Gump* (1994), *City of Angels* (1998) and *Wild Wild West* (1999).

Tignini has directed episodes of television series including *Masters of Sex* (2016), *Parenthood* (2014), *Get Shorty* (2019), *Good Girls* (2021) and *Grosse Pointe Garden Society* (2025). He has also worked as co-producer on *Masters of Sex*, *Get Shorty* and *Enlightened*.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Masters of Sex* (2013), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *Enlightened* (2011), Fi1m 84, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/enlightened.md)
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), Fi1m 34, Second Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)
- *Forrest Gump* (1994), Fi1m 66, Second Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md)

## Also known for

- *City of Angels* (1998), Second Second Assistant Director
- *America's Sweethearts* (2001), Second Assistant Director
- *Good Girls* (2018), Director
- *Nancy Drew* (2007), First Assistant Director
- *Bel-Air* (2022), First Assistant Director
- *In Treatment* (2008), First Assistant Director
- *The Sympathizer* (2024), First Assistant Director
- *The In Crowd* (2000), Second Assistant Director

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