Connor Rog, Matt Valade, and Cathryn Schara met at the graduate film school at Sacred Heart University in 2016. A bond was formed after making several student films together, a bond that is now officially titled Kicker Pictures LLC. Now, Kicker is paving its way through its first year as a production company - working with local producers on pre-production, production, and post-production for short films, gathering clients for commercial work, and putting out a film of their own titled "Elvis".