Vincent Rocca

Vince Rocca is a true entrepreneur, the latch key kid of a lower middle class salesman and an insurance agent, he mastered the art of risk taking and risk management at an early age. At 14 he was making upwards of $1000 a weekend spinning records at house parties. Bored with school and fat with cash, he dropped out of the ninth grade. At 16, realizing house parties wasn't a career, he got a job as a retail stock clerk, and within 2 years he was managing the company's third largest store and bought an investment home. At 21 he cashed out of his home to open his own retail store. With a thriving retail business, it was time to pursue his passion for filmmaking. He saved some profits and started a video production company with his friend and co-producer, Michael Hutchinson. Business wasn't always successful. In fact, there was a point when the video company was near bankrupt. But thanks to swift action and a lucky phone call, the company went from $700 in the hole, to selling over $125,000 in less then 5 days. The profits from this sale would become the seed money for _Kisses and Caroms (2004)_. Since he was a dropout, film school was not an option, but thanks to a video camera purchased on credit when he was 16 and the advancements in computer technology, he started editing little projects. Slowly buying better equipment and mastering new techniques, he became a self-taught editor. He began reading every film book he could get his hands on, and listening to Laser Disc and DVD commentaries. Then he received a brochure for the Dov S-S Simens film school claiming to teach the nuts and bolts of film making in two days. He might have tossed it, but the brochure listed Quentin Tarantino, Guy Ritchie and Chris Nolan, as some of its alumni.