Jerrold Viacrucis Tarog[1] (/dʒɛˈrɒld/;[2] born May 30, 1977) is a Filipino film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and composer.

[4] The following year he directed his first feature film, Confessional, a political thriller mockumentary shot in Cebu City; he starred in it assuming the name David Barril.

[12] In 2009 he directed the drama film Mangatyanan (also known as The Blood Trail), starring Irma Adlawan,[13] and was the second installment in the Camera trilogy.

[15] The same year he was tapped by Regal Entertainment to direct a segment in Shake, Rattle and Roll 12, the twelfth installment in the Shake, Rattle & Roll horror anthology franchise, which marked Tarog's transition to mainstream Philippine cinema;[3] his segment is entitled "Punerarya".

[16] In 2011, Tarog directed Aswang, a remake of Peque Gallaga's 1992 horror film of the same name, which stars Lovi Poe, Paulo Avelino, and Albie Casiño among others.

[24] The Philippine edition of Esquire considered Heneral Luna as Tarog's breakthrough film due to its successful run.

[25] In 2017, Tarog wrote, directed, edited and scored Bliss, a psychological thriller film starring Iza Calzado.

[29] In December 2016, Tarog announced that he and screenwriter Jade Castro had been developing a screenplay for an adaptation of Arnold Arre's The Mythology Class,[30] to which he said that "hopefully [it] materializes".

[5] Plans for an adaptation of the graphic novel was first made by Tarog in October 2015 after a successful pitch meeting to the producers of Heneral Luna, and Castro was already onboard as co-writer.

[30] Tarog has praised The Mythology Class, saying it "remains potent and exhilarating" since its first publication in 1999, as well as complimenting Arre as someone whose "imagination and creativity soar to dizzying heights.

[30] In October 2018, Tarog was announced to replace Erik Matti as the director of Star Cinema's film adaptation of Darna, which is based on the eponymous comic-book superheroine created by Mars Ravelo.