Kerry Mondragon
Kerry Mondragon is an independent filmmaker and screenwriter and director. Tyger Tyger 
Mondragon's debut feature film, Tyger Tyger, featuring Dylan Sprouse, Sam Quartin, Thea Sophie Loch Naess, and Eden Brolin was released in select theaters and digital on-demand on February 26, 2021, and received mixed reviews. Tyger Tyger, partly aimed at the youth audience, notably was ranked #16 on Seventeen Magazine's 25 Best Movies of 2021. Personal life 
Mondragon was born on July 9, 1984, in Tucson, Arizona. He was mentored in film direction by Spike Lee while serving as Lee's Assistant and Associate Producer during the filming of the latter's Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014). Influences 
Mondragon cites Jean Vigo and Rainer Werner Fassbinder as influences. Current Work 
Mondragon's second feature film, Wetiko, starring Juan Daniel Garcia Trevino, Dalia Xiuhcoatl, Neil Sandilands, Barbara de Reigl, and Jordan Barrett premiered at the Stockholm International Film Festival on November 9, 2022. This film's theme revolves around the odyssey of a young Maya man who is navigating his way through the treacherous undercurrents of a shady New Age ecovillage in the Yucatán. It features dialogue in English, Spanish, Maya, Afrikaans, and one fictional language. References 
 Leslie Felperin of The Guardian commented that, "(T)he film-makers are lucky poor old William Blake's work is out of copyright, otherwise his heirs (were any to be found) would have a good reason to sue." "Tyger Tyger (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-12-01. Costa, Roger (2021-02-24). "A Pandemic Psychedelic Road Trip Scarily Timely". Brazilian Press (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-01. Leslie Felperin (2021-06-21). "Tyger Tyger review – spaced-out apocalypse chic in pandemic thriller". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-08-09. Beresford, Trilby (February 26, 2021). "Dylan Sprouse on How Thriller 'Tyger Tyger' Offers a Different Picture of Drug Addiction". The Hollywood Reporter. Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-04-24
 DeS, Naceers (2021-06-17). "Tyger Tyger - Interview with Filmmaker Kerry Mondragon". Borrowing Tape. Retrieved 2022-04-24
 Mondragon, Kerry, Wetiko (Adventure, Fantasy), Uninflected Pictures, retrieved 2022-04-24

References

External links
Kerry Mondragon on IMDB
Kerry Mondragon Biography
Kerry Mondragon Profile
Tyger Tyger on IMDB
Wetiko on IMDB

1984 births
Living people
American directors
Screenwriters from Arizona
Writers from Tucson, Arizona
Film directors from Arizona