Mitch Schultz

Mitch Schultz began his life journey in Memphis, Tennessee and has since called Texas, Minnesota, Colorado, New York, Europe, and Peru home. Guided by his lifelong love of storytelling, Mitch has cultivated a multi-disciplinary expertise in motion pictures, interactive media, and culture hacking. He earned his Bachelor of Science primarily focused on media production, communication theory, and information mapping at the University of Texas at Austin. Soon after, Mitch completed his Masters of Fine Arts at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He was a researcher at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch. Mitch continues to foster his growth within the academic community by speaking at universities and conferences worldwide. Schultz has also worked as a branding consultant for VisionLab, the progressive HD cable channel dedicated to experimental video art. Following the successful launch of VisionLab, he shifted into independent film production as Director of Development for Ghost Robot, where he outlined the company's expansion from film into other platforms, including art, fashion, gaming, and music. As the Director of Sales & Marketing and Conceptual Producer, Mitch honed his commercial and branding skills with global clients including BMW, Dell, Range Rover, Time Warner, and Intel. He segued from the commercial realm into developing Spectral Alchemy, a creative entity generating bona fide mythology through the exploration, formulation, and revelation of revolutionary edicts via an esoteric modus operandi. As a hybrid entity Spectral Alchemy creates operates as a think tank, transmedia production and culture architecture, exploring the inherent connections between consciousness, nature, language, technology, and the evolving human mythology. Current projects include the highly anticipated documentary The Spirit Molecule, the filmic adaptation of Joe Loya's lauded autobiography The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell, and the MNTTKA Manifesto, a multi-platform experience that outlines a new paradigm for consciousness, our relationship to nature, the celebration of that relationship, and the development of a new, syncretic language. Mitch is also the Executive Producer and Creative Director for the DMTremix Project and served as Artistic Director for the I/O Port at JFK International Airport, overseeing a conceptual & practical installation that engages the user through the interpretation of the airport's arrival system information as visual content mined from the web. He has also contributed to R&D for Microsoft on Amnesia Moon, an episodic, interactive sci-fi mystery. As a screenwriter, Mitch has collaborated with Guy Garcia on Skin Deep and Douglas Rushkoff on Ecstasy Club. He continues developing novel concepts by writing, directing, producing, and examining experiential design.