Jerrold Tarog
Director, Writer
Jerrold Viacrucis Tarog (; born May 30, 1977) is a Filipino film director, producer, writer, score composer, and editor. Tarog was born in Manila and raised in Laguna. For his higher education, he studied at the University of the Philippines Diliman to pursue a degree in music composition, during which time he also became interested in filmmaking. After graduation, he landed opportunities as a film composer, and eventually went on to direct a short film in 2006. Tarog's first feature film was Confessional (2007), a mockumentary independent film which is the first installment in his Camera trilogy, followed by the drama film Mangatyanan (2009) and the romantic drama film Sana Dati (2013), respectively. He has also directed segments in the twelfth, thirteenth, and fifteenth installments of the Shake, Rattle & Roll horror anthology series. His commercial success was in Heneral Luna (2015), a biographical epic about the leadership of General Antonio Luna during the Philippine-American War. Two years later, he directed the psychological thriller film Bliss.
Jerrold Viacrucis Tarog (; born May 30, 1977) is a Filipino film director, producer, writer, score composer, and editor.
Tarog was born in Manila and raised in Laguna. For his higher education, he studied at the University of the Philippines Diliman to pursue a degree in music composition, during which time he also became interested in filmmaking. After graduation, he landed opportunities as a film composer, and eventually went on to direct a short film in 2006.
Tarog's first feature film was Confessional (2007), a mockumentary independent film which is the first installment in his Camera trilogy, followed by the drama film Mangatyanan (2009) and the romantic drama film Sana Dati (2013), respectively. He has also directed segments in the twelfth, thirteenth, and fifteenth installments of the Shake, Rattle & Roll horror anthology series. His commercial success was in Heneral Luna (2015), a biographical epic about the leadership of General Antonio Luna during the Philippine-American War. Two years later, he directed the psychological thriller film Bliss.