With over 25 years of experience in the animation industry, Mischel is now the CEO & Founder of ARTISTS ANIMATION STUDIO, a full service animation studio launched in early 2024 with the acquisition of Yeti Farm Creative Studio in Kelowna, BC, Canada. Mischel has been an Executive Producer (Upcoming SPA Feature The Goat, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series, Hotel Transylvania:The Series, Open Season: The Series) at Sony Pictures Animation since 2014. From 2018 – 2022, Mischel served as CEO of Bardel Entertainment, overseeing a team of over 400 artists and productions for some of the industry's leading broadcasters and IP owners, including Fox, Nickelodeon, Netflix, Disney, and Warner Bros. Additionally, he received an Emmy Award in 2020 as an Executive Producer for Bardel’s work on Rick and Morty. Prior to Bardel, Mischel served as SVP & GM of Sony Pictures Imageworks, where he launched the animation and VFX facility in Vancouver behind hits such as Hotel Transylvania, Smurfs, and the Academy Award-winning feature, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. 

Previously, Mischel has held several C-Level positions, including Executive Vice President of Technicolor, managing over 500 artists in the gaming and animation arena in Los Angeles and India; CEO of Mainframe Entertainment; and President and COO of the publicly traded The Harvey Entertainment Company, home of such brands as Casper the Friendly Ghost and Richie Rich. 

Mischel also has produced independent features films, including Suicide Kings and The Specials. He began his career as an entertainment attorney at O’Melveny & Meyers.