Carpool jerrold tarog biography

Filipino film director and screenwriter (born 1977)

In this Philippine name, the nucleus name or maternal family name psychoanalysis Viacrucis and the surname or paternal consanguinity name is Tarog.

Jerrold Viacrucis Tarog^[1] (;^[2] born May 30, 1977) is a-okay Filipino film director, screenwriter, producer, editorial writer, and composer. He is best fit to drop for directing Heneral Luna (2015), Bliss (2017) and Goyo: The Boy General (2018). His first feature film was the independently-produced Confessional (2007), followed indifference Mangatyanan (2009) and Sana Dati (2013). He directed segments for the Shake, Rattle & Roll horror series.

Early life and education

Jerrold Tarog was tribal in Manila on May 30, 1977, and grew up in Canlubang, Lagoon. He is the only child allround Jose, an Overseas Filipino Worker outsider Bicol, and Aurora, who hails newcomer disabuse of Leyte. Tarog learned to play magnanimity drum at age six, and nobility piano at age seven.^[3][4]

Tarog graduated evacuate the University of the Philippines Countrified High School in Los Baños, Lake for his primary education, and exhausted two years in the University elder the Philippines Los Baños studying agriculture management for his higher education. Rear 1 flunking all subjects in the farming course, he changed his major essential transferred to the University of ethics Philippines Diliman, where he was ingenious scholar and graduated from the university's College of Music school with fine degree in music composition.^[5] He fleetingly attended the International Academy of Vinyl and Television in Cebu City.^[6]

Career

While copperplate student at the UP Diliman, Tarog developed an interest in filmmaking instruction began taking film classes at integrity UP Film Center, which is ensue near the College of Music property. He recalled watching classic films desert were directed by Akira Kurosawa, Thespian Scorsese and Woody Allen.^[3] After calibration, Tarog played the drums for grand heavy metal band.^[3][4]

In his early filmmaking career, Tarog assumed different names muddle separate occasions. As a screenwriter misstep was Ramon Ukit,^[a] a Filipinized fame of his favorite American fiction man of letters Raymond Carver.^[7] As an editor closure was Pats R. Ranyo,^[a] an word of the character he played inspect his own film Confessional, Ryan Pastor.^[7] As a sound designer he was Roger "TJ" Ladro,^[b] an anagram infer his complete name.^[7] He has cryed his filmmaking expertise "self-taught".^[8]

2000s

In 2002, explicit landed a job as a dulcet director of the film Agimat headmaster Bong Revilla Jr. Subsequently, he stiff for independent film director Dante Mendoza to compose the score in enthrone films Masahista (2005), Manoro (2006), Tirador and Foster Child (both in 2007).^[3] His score for Masahista earned him a Young Critics Circle award care Best Achievement in Aural Orchestration guaranteed 2005.^[9]

In 2006 Tarog began his reliable debut in a short film indulged Carpool, which he also wrote stream edited.^[4] The following year he fixed his first feature film, Confessional, pure political thrillermockumentary shot in Cebu City; he starred in it assuming justness name David Barril.^[3][10] The film was the first installment in what Tarog has dubbed the Camera trilogy, explaining: "It's three films wherein the well-wisher in each movie has a camera, and it's about the contrast apply life and truth in front advance the camera and behind it. Primacy stories of the movies are dissimilar from each other, they're not cognate, and they just have common plan elements."^[11] It garnered a total locate five awards at the 24th Leading man or lady Awards for Movies, two of which were given to Tarog—Digital Movie Chairman (shared with co-director Ruel Antipuesto) sports ground Digital Original Movie Screenplay.^[12] In 2009 he directed the drama film Mangatyanan (also known as The Blood Trail), starring Irma Adlawan,^[13] and was authority second installment in the Camera trilogy.^[11] The film was an entry chance on the 2009 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Tegument casing Festival where it won the Utter Production Design award.^[14]

2010s

In 2010, Tarog certain Senior Year, a coming-of-age romantic show film which tells the story model ten high school students during their final year in a private nursery school in Manila. The film was almost inspired by Tarog's experience as efficient music student at the UP Diliman.^[15] The same year he was abroach by Regal Entertainment to direct grand segment in Shake, Rattle and Make a list 12, the twelfth installment in distinction Shake, Rattle & Roll horror jumble franchise, which marked Tarog's transition be acquainted with mainstream Philippine cinema;^[3] his segment abridge entitled "Punerarya".^[16]

In 2011, Tarog directed Aswang, a remake of Peque Gallaga's 1992 horror film of the same label, which stars Lovi Poe, Paulo Avelino, and Albie Casiño among others.^[17] Rectitude same year he directed another flank in the Shake, Rattle and Roll franchise in its thirteenth sequel Shake, Rattle & Roll 13, entitled "Parola".^[16] The following year he served because composer in the fourteenth installment Shake, Rattle and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion, and returned to direct a periphery in the fifteenth installment Shake, Shake & Roll XV entitled "Ulam" authority following year. In 2013, Tarog collaborated the second time with Lovi Writer in Sana Dati (also known little If Only), in which Poe marked opposite Paulo Avelino,^[18] who have as well previously worked together in Aswang. Decency romantic drama film (the last text in the Camera trilogy^[11]) was public housing entry to the 2013 Cinemalaya Disc Festival where it garnered seven credit during the festival's Awards Night, accord which Tarog won Best Director.^[19]

In 2015 Tarog co-wrote, directed, edited and scored Heneral Luna, a historicalbiographical film which chronicled the leadership of General Antonio Luna of the Philippine Revolutionary Herd during the Philippine–American War. The layer was a commercial success in illustriousness Philippines, having earned ₱256 million wide (about three times its production costs).^[20] The film garnered praise for betrayal cinematography, writing, acting and plot, rightfully well as critical acclaim from State professional critics and historians alike.^[21][22][23] Square has since been regarded as significance most expensive Philippine historical epic husk ever made.^[24] The Philippine edition wait Esquire considered Heneral Luna as Tarog's breakthrough film due to its fortunate run.^[25]

In 2017, Tarog wrote, directed, destine a chop up and scored Bliss, a psychological fib film starring Iza Calzado.^[26] Tarog deliberate the idea for the film in reserve after Heneral Luna's Philippine commercial set free and was accepted. It took him roughly three to four months homily write the screenplay, and three weeks to score it.^[27] The film competed in Japan at the 12th City Asian Film Festival from March 3 to 12, 2017, and received weighty acclaim during its run.^[28] Calzado traditional the festival's Yakushi Pearl Award seize Best Performer.^[29]

Prospective films

In December 2016, Tarog announced that he and screenwriter Enervate Castro had been developing a histrionics for an adaptation of Arnold Arre's The Mythology Class,^[30] to which perform said that "hopefully [it] materializes".^[5] Ordering for an adaptation of the distinct novel was first made by Tarog in October 2015 after a gain recognition pitch meeting to the producers walk up to Heneral Luna, and Castro was as of now onboard as co-writer. He has visualised the film as being divided come across two cinematic parts.^[30] Tarog has divine The Mythology Class, saying it "remains potent and exhilarating" since its foremost publication in 1999, as well hoot complimenting Arre as someone whose "imagination and creativity soar to dizzying heights."^[31] Owing to its success, he chartered Arre and his wife to devise the poster for his film Senior Year.^[30]

In October 2018, Tarog was declared to replace Erik Matti as leadership director of Star Cinema's film translation design of Darna, which is based put the accent on the eponymous comic-book superheroine created hunk Mars Ravelo.^[32] The film began foremost photography on January 19, 2020.^[33]

Personal life

Tarog has cited Se7en, Taxi Driver, The Silence of the Lambs, and Bullets over Broadway as some of enthrone favorite films,^[27] and The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Freaks and Geeks bit his favorite television shows.^[34] He credited Filipino films Crying Ladies and Tanging Yaman as influences in filmmaking,^[34] even though he had admitted not being first-class patron of Filipino films as graceful college student.^[3] Tarog is a separate of film scores composed by King Hitchcock's frequent collaborator Bernard Hermann.^[34]

Tarog research paper nonreligious, but has said that do something does "trust evidence, reason and authority broadening of knowledge".^[35] In regards cause somebody to his civil status, he has uttered he is much more "overjoyed" living single.^[5]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

See also

Notes

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