Rick Mischel

Rick Mischel currently serves as President of The Mischel Company, an entertainment and consulting company specializing in the production of television series and feature films, the representation of live-action and animated projects in development at client companies, and the advising of foreign-based companies on the acquisitions and sales of feature films and animated product throughout the world. As a consultant, Mischel also serves in the role of Acting President of Rumpus Corporation, an online and offline producer of animated content.

Rick Mischel most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Harvey Entertainment Company (HRVY), a publicly-traded entertainment company engaged in the management and exploitation of its proprietary branded characters through merchandising and filmed entertainment, including theatrical, home video, internet and television projects. The Harvey Classic Character Brands include Casper, The Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich, Baby Huey, Wendy the Good Witch, and many others. Mischel served as Producer on a Richie Rich sitcom, an all-CGI animated Casper feature film for Christmas of 2000, an animated Wendy the Witch television series, and Hot Stuff, Richie Rich, and Wendy the Witch feature film projects.

Prior to his tenure at Harvey, Mischel was the Producer of the feature film "The Specials", starring Jamie Kennedy and Rob Lowe, which is currently in post-production. Prior to "The Specials", Mischel served as Executive Producer on the feature film "Suicide Kings", starring Christopher Walken and Denis Leary. "Suicide Kings" was released in April, 1998 by Artisan Entertainment.

Prior to August of 1997, Mischel was the Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Production of LIVE Entertainment, a position he held since September of 1994. While at LIVE, Mischel was responsible for acquiring all product for LIVE Entertainment, including feature films and specials for both theatrical and television release, and animated, episodic and longform product for the Family Home Entertainment (FHE) label. Mischel also supervised the productions of feature films co-produced or co-financed with other companies, as well as supervising the production of original films, animated features and specials for FHE. His responsibilities also included the supervision of the marketing and distribution of FHE product.

While at LIVE, Mischel was the production executive on several LIVE feature films, including "Aberration", a LIVE/Grundy co-production, "No Way Home", which premiered on Showtime, and on the animated specials "The Littlest Angel", "The Musical Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and the Australian-produced "Scrooge Koala’s Christmas."

Prior to LIVE, Mischel served as Vice President of Electric Pictures Corporation, where he was responsible for the development of feature film projects, the supervision of productions, including "Jersey Girl", starring Dylan McDermott and Jamie Gertz, and "Zandalee", starring Nicholas Cage and Judge Reinhold, and the overseeing of business affairs for both domestic and foreign production and distribution.

As an entertainment attorney at O’Melveny & Myers, Mischel negotiated and drafted agreements relating to the production, financing and distribution of domestic and foreign motion pictures and television programs for such clients as Paramount, Castle Rock Entertainment, Disney and HBO.

Mischel taught in the Broward County School District in South Florida as a junior high school teacher, as well as teaching negotiation, trial advocacy and legal writing at Northwestern University School of Law and UCLA School of Law.

Mischel received his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School in 1987, where he was President of his graduating class, and an M.A. in International Affairs from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1984. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University in Medford, MA in 1983.