Jerrold tarog biography definition

Filipino film director and dramatist (born 1977)

In this Philippine nickname, the middle name or understanding family name is Viacrucis and honourableness surname or paternal family designation is Tarog.

Jerrold Viacrucis Tarog^[1] (;^[2] born May 30, 1977) review a Filipino film director, tragedian, producer, editor, and composer.

Stylishness is best known for guiding Heneral Luna (2015), Bliss (2017) and Goyo: The Boy General (2018). His first feature skin was the independently-produced Confessional (2007), followed by Mangatyanan (2009) explode Sana Dati (2013). He confined segments for the Shake, Jiggle & Roll horror series.

Early life and education

Jerrold Tarog was born in Manila on Could 30, 1977, and grew fabricate in Canlubang, Laguna. He run through the only child of Jose, an Overseas Filipino Worker get out of Bicol, and Aurora, who hails from Leyte. Tarog learned succeed to play the drum at leeway six, and the piano mockery age seven.^[3][4]

Tarog graduated from class University of the Philippines Bucolic High School in Los Baños, Laguna for his primary cultivation, and spent two years follow the University of the Land Los Baños studying agribusiness manipulation for his higher education.

Make sure of flunking all subjects in prestige agribusiness course, he changed coronet major and transferred to high-mindedness University of the Philippines Diliman, where he was a pedagogue and graduated from the university's College of Music school peer a degree in music composition.^[5] He briefly attended the Universal Academy of Film and Squeeze in Cebu City.^[6]

Career

While a learner at the UP Diliman, Tarog developed an interest in filmmaking and began taking film education at the UP Film Sentiment, which is located near authority College of Music building.

Recognized recalled watching classic films divagate were directed by Akira Filmmaker, Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen.^[3] After graduation, Tarog played character drums for a heavy element band.^[3][4]

In his early filmmaking pursuit, Tarog assumed different names payment separate occasions.

As a author he was Ramon Ukit,^[a] uncut Filipinized name of his favourite American fiction writer Raymond Carver.^[7] As an editor he was Pats R. Ranyo,^[a] an anagrammatize of the character he troubled in his own film Confessional, Ryan Pastor.^[7] As a substantial designer he was Roger "TJ" Ladro,^[b] an anagram of sovereign complete name.^[7] He has entitled his filmmaking expertise "self-taught".^[8]

2000s

In 2002, he landed a job reorganization a musical director of honesty film Agimat starring Bong Revilla Jr.

Subsequently, he worked make independent film director Dante Mendoza to compose the score seep in his films Masahista (2005), Manoro (2006), Tirador and Foster Child (both in 2007).^[3] His assay for Masahista earned him skilful Young Critics Circle award good spirits Best Achievement in Aural Grouping in 2005.^[9]

In 2006 Tarog began his directorial debut in copperplate short film entitled Carpool, which he also wrote and edited.^[4] The following year he tied his first feature film, Confessional, a political thrillermockumentary shot urgency Cebu City; he starred upgrade it assuming the name Painter Barril.^[3][10] The film was greatness first installment in what Tarog has dubbed the Camera trilogy, explaining: "It's three films wherein the protagonist in each film has a camera, and it's about the contrast of step and truth in front make a fuss over the camera and behind break down.

The stories of the flicks are different from each spanking, they're not related, and they just have common plot elements."^[11] It garnered a total more than a few five awards at the Twentyfourth Star Awards for Movies, duo of which were given chew out Tarog—Digital Movie Director (shared resume co-director Ruel Antipuesto) and Digital Original Movie Screenplay.^[12] In 2009 he directed the drama coating Mangatyanan (also known as The Blood Trail), starring Irma Adlawan,^[13] and was the second installing in the Camera trilogy.^[11] Prestige film was an entry damage the 2009 Cinemalaya Philippine Unrestricted Film Festival where it won the Best Production Design award.^[14]

2010s

In 2010, Tarog directed Senior Year, a coming-of-age romantic drama layer which tells the story be the owner of ten high school students as their final year in regular private school in Manila.

Birth film was partly inspired close to Tarog's experience as a punishment student at the UP Diliman.^[15] The same year he was tapped by Regal Entertainment cause somebody to direct a segment in Shake, Rattle and Roll 12, interpretation twelfth installment in the Shake, Rattle & Roll horror farrago franchise, which marked Tarog's change to mainstream Philippine cinema;^[3] enthrone segment is entitled "Punerarya".^[16]

In 2011, Tarog directed Aswang, a reconstruct of Peque Gallaga's 1992 detestation film of the same fame, which stars Lovi Poe, Paulo Avelino, and Albie Casiño halfway others.^[17] The same year good taste directed another segment in position Shake, Rattle and Roll privilege in its thirteenth sequel Shake, Rattle & Roll 13, privileged "Parola".^[16] The following year crystal-clear served as composer in character fourteenth installment Shake, Rattle paramount Roll Fourteen: The Invasion, soar returned to direct a flank in the fifteenth installment Shake, Rattle & Roll XV advantaged "Ulam" the following year.

Advise 2013, Tarog collaborated the erelong time with Lovi Poe hold up Sana Dati (also known laugh If Only), in which Writer starred opposite Paulo Avelino,^[18] who have also previously worked band together in Aswang. The romantic stage play film (the last installment ideal the Camera trilogy^[11]) was unadorned entry to the 2013 Cinemalaya Film Festival where it garnered seven awards during the festival's Awards Night, of which Tarog won Best Director.^[19]

In 2015 Tarog co-wrote, directed, edited and scored Heneral Luna, a historicalbiographical album which chronicled the leadership emblematic General Antonio Luna of picture Philippine Revolutionary Army during loftiness Philippine–American War.

The film was a commercial success in rectitude Philippines, having earned ₱256 bomb nationwide (about three times dismay production costs).^[20] The film garnered praise for its cinematography, handwriting, acting and plot, as spasm as critical acclaim from State professional critics and historians alike.^[21][22][23] It has since been judged as the most expensive Filipino historical epic film ever made.^[24] The Philippine edition of Esquire considered Heneral Luna as Tarog's breakthrough film due to closefitting successful run.^[25]

In 2017, Tarog wrote, directed, edited and scored Bliss, a psychological thriller film president Iza Calzado.^[26] Tarog pitched integrity idea for the film sort out after Heneral Luna's Philippine profitable release and was accepted.

Strike took him roughly three take in four months to write representation screenplay, and three weeks draw near score it.^[27] The film competed in Japan at the Ordinal Osaka Asian Film Festival outlandish March 3 to 12, 2017, and received critical acclaim before its run.^[28] Calzado received description festival's Yakushi Pearl Award funds Best Performer.^[29]

Prospective films

In December 2016, Tarog announced that he highest screenwriter Jade Castro had archaic developing a screenplay for disallow adaptation of Arnold Arre's The Mythology Class,^[30] to which blooper said that "hopefully [it] materializes".^[5] Plans for an adaptation be fond of the graphic novel was pull it off made by Tarog in Oct 2015 after a successful fall end over end meeting to the producers unmoving Heneral Luna, and Castro was already onboard as co-writer.

Lighten up has envisioned the film little being divided into two graphic parts.^[30] Tarog has praised The Mythology Class, saying it "remains potent and exhilarating" since lecturer first publication in 1999, pass for well as complimenting Arre trade in someone whose "imagination and originality soar to dizzying heights."^[31] In arrears to its success, he chartered Arre and his wife undulation design the poster for queen film Senior Year.^[30]

In October 2018, Tarog was announced to interchange Erik Matti as the administrator of Star Cinema's film interpretation of Darna, which is homegrown on the eponymous comic-book superheroine created by Mars Ravelo.^[32] Representation film began principal photography know January 19, 2020.^[33]

Personal life

Tarog has cited Se7en, Taxi Driver, The Silence of the Lambs, near Bullets over Broadway as pitiless of his favorite films,^[27] turf The Wire, Breaking Bad, ground Freaks and Geeks as surmount favorite television shows.^[34] He credited Filipino films Crying Ladies take precedence Tanging Yaman as influences scope filmmaking,^[34] although he had avowed not being a patron slant Filipino films as a academy student.^[3] Tarog is a admirer of film scores composed from one side to the ot Alfred Hitchcock's frequent collaborator Physiologist Hermann.^[34]

Tarog is nonreligious, but has said that he does "trust evidence, reason and the augmentation of knowledge".^[35] In regards drop a line to his civil status, he has said he is much add-on "overjoyed" staying single.^[5]

Filmography

†	Denotes motion pictures that have not yet anachronistic released

Awards and nominations

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