Rodger Marion was once voted a CINE Golden Eagle award for a film about cars. Since then, he has made films about people. He grew up in Northern California and now lives in the Texas Hill Country. He served in the US Air Force, graduated from the University of Kentucky, raised two sons with his wife, Dianne, and is a professor emeritus at the University of Texas. He is the resident dramaturg at the Wimberley Players Theater, performs with the Wimberley Valley Radio Players and produces motion pictures set in Wimberley and the Hill Country.