Independent Producer Mellissa Manzagol worked in the Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles area film industries for over fifteen years in various capacities, most notably as a post production telecine colorist working on music videos, episodic television, cartoons and A-Title feature films at various high end facilities in both staff , freelance, and self sold capacities.

Due to her want to tell her own stories, she accepted many different assignments in most below the line capacities of independent film production to learn the necessary skills for producing her own works. As a result of this effort and her veteran experience as a colorist, she began offering post production consulting on location, a successful business angle of its own.

For reasons of family and burnout from the big city life, Mellissa moved back to Big Rapids Michigan in 2005, leaving her career and industry behind. Soon thereafter she accepted adjunct teaching assignments at the local university and began working on ideas of bringing that career home after all, her most challenging task to date.

In January 2008 she began Carom Video as a moonlight operation, upgraded to shoestring operation September 2008 when Mellissa left the university to become full time between Carom Video and sister company RatLandia Rattery while working towards a Masters of Fine Art degree 100% online out of Academy of Art, San Francisco.

Due to her advanced skills entering AAU some classes were waived, allowing her to attempt passage of two concentrations at once, Producing and Directing.

Currently she is on summer break from Academy of Art, planning three directed study courses towards thesis video, "Space Rats: The Legend of RatLandia" for fall semester; rat training for acting, motion control camera mount operation and production design, small animal size.

She also is seeking distribution for her first feature length documentary, "Addicted to Ice: The Michigan Ice Biking Adventure" while in production on another.

After completion of the Masters Degree, Mellissa will expand advertising and marketing to promote services provided by Carom Video.