Tanner Presswood was born in Texas, but grew up in the Midwest, attending film school at Columbia College Chicago and later studying Communications at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he founded the Freeform Theatre Society, co-founded the Life Students of Communication, and became a founding member and eventual president of A Cappella GrooVe! He is a working filmmaker, specializing in micro-budget documentaries and web series, but he is also an actor, screenwriter, and musician.