Toron Rodgers

Toron Rodgers was born 1975 in Williamston, North Carolina, at Martin General Hospital. He attended Rodgers Elementary and then moved on to Bear Grass High School. After graduating 1993 he attended Pitt Community College majoring in Business Computer Programming. After a year of college he left school and worked full time in a yarn factory in Washington, North Carolina, as a janitor. In 1998 Toron saw more opportunity in Raleigh, North Carolina in the field of construction. He worked as general carpenter for a construction that specialized in remodeling hospitals and colleges. On a whim in 2000 Toron moved to Omaha, Nebraska to connect with some friends he met online that were writing scripts and this is where he started writing and creating concepts for television and film. He paid his by working for Old Navy as a customer service sales associate. Before leaving Nebraska in 2003, Toron met Jody who he married one year later after they moved back to Raleigh, North Carolina. During this time he continued writing and creating. He worked with the family construction company, Rodgers' Construction. In September of 2005 his first child Jaiden Toron Rodgers was born at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. Months later Toron and Jody separated where Jody and Jaiden moved back to Nebraska and they divorced in 2007. Toron moved back to Nebraska for a short period of time to be with his son. A year later he had to move back to North Carolina. Since then Toron makes a trip to Omaha every year to see Jaiden. In 2008 Toron put to together his first cast to shoot a short film for a BET film contest that they finished but never submitted. In 2009 driven by the death of his stepfather, Theodore Boston Jr. he created a stage play that was shown for the first time at, Cedar Hill Baptist Church in Williamston, North Carolina. In 2011 Toron incorporated Nine25 Productions and in this same year he began to shoot and direct music videos and short films. In 2012 he met Denisha Baines who became his wife in 2015. Toron lives in Knightdale, North Carolina with wife Denisha and two stepdaughters Aziya and Aniah.