Roger Ingraham was born in Stafford Springs, Connecticut, in 1984. After sophomore year of high school, he convinced his parents to let him drop out of high school to home-school himself. He spent his days reading, writing, playing video games, and, on a more studious note, passing some university art classes and studying in Costa Rica for a year. He moved to Los Angeles, and two short films, a PA job, and one year later, he retired back home to write and direct Moonshine, his first feature.