biography
MITCHEL R. DUMLAO
Mitchel Dumlao currently works as a Development Executive/Manager at Chatrone with Carina
Schulze and Aaron Berger, formally of Quattro media. Chatrone is a
production/management company that develops and produces comic books,
animation, television, and feature film. Mitchel also took part in the 2008 Power of Diversity Producing Workshop for the Producers Guild of America (PGA), developing a 1 hour TV drama with the help of industry elite and guild members. Mitchel also co-founded and is currently producing content for the popular online Bboy channel, Strife.tv, and the street art website, LA Street Art Gallery.
In 2007, Mitchel produced an award winning experimental short film, DJ:LA, with directer Jerry Chan, which was sold to Canal+ and Ouat Media for worldwide distribution. He also received an associate producer credit on the horror/mockumentary film THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES by the Dowdle Brothers, which will be released through MGM. In 2008, Mitchel also produced a short film omnibus with 4 filmmakers called EAT, as well as a short action film called FALL NORTH in 2009.
Mitchel previously worked as a development executive for Zoom
Entertainment alongside producer and former Miramax executive, Michael
Zoumas. In this capacity, Mitchel analyzed screenplays, searched for
new filmmakers, developed projects with directors and writers while
facilitating with the writing process, researched film ideas and
social trends, maintained industry contacts, and wrote treatments and
outlines for original concepts. Mitchel also assisted John Frank
Rosenblum and Cindi Rice for Epic Level Entertainment as a production
coordinator on various projects, such as XOMBIE and DORKNESS RISING.
Mitchel began his professional career at Miramax in the fall of 2005,
where he worked under the desks of Michael Zoumas and Richard
Saperstein. He also interned part-time for an independent publicist
named Wendy Weisberg, and produced his own 30-minute show on the radio
each week for American Radio Network. In January 2006, Mitchel moved
on to being an assistant for Michael Zoumas, who started his own
production company called Zoom Entertainment and has a first-look
producing deal with Rogue Pictures and Focus Features.
Mitchel graduated from University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)
in 2005 with a BA in Film Studies. In 2004, Mitchel studied abroad in
Adelaide, Australia and studied under their Screen (Film) Studies
department. His short documentary, THE ART IGNORED, was nominated for
awards at two film festivals around Australia. In 2005, Mitchel
produced, edited, wrote, and directed the film SOUNDTRACK for the Reel
Loud Film Festival at UCSB, innovating the medium by synchronizing the
images on screen with live sound from DJ's on stage.
On top of film, Mitchel also Dj's and has been for over 10 years. He has Performed at clubs, lounges, bars, private parties, music events, and Hip Hop shows in Australia, Mexico, and California. He currently Dj's for numerous events around Los Angeles with his Dj group, THE COME UP CREW, spinning Hip Hop, RnB, Reggae, Electro, and pretty much anything with a beat to dance to.
Mitchel plans to take his experience in development and eventually move into producing and directing his own films.
