Kerry Mondragon

Kerry Mondragon is an independent filmmaker and screenwriter and director.

Career Mondragon 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). He cites Jean Vigo and Rainer Werner Fassbinder as influences.

Mondragon's debut feature film, Tyger Tyger (2019) released to mixed reviews. It notably was ranked #16 on Seventeen magazine's 25 Best Movies of 2021.

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.

Filmography Year Title Notes 2015 Meet Me at a Funeral Short 2021 Tyger Tyger Also editor 2022 Wetiko