Monica Schmidt-Mitchell

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, RICK AND MORTY
Owner and President, Latitude 33 Motion Picture Services of Georgia
1995, B.A., RADIO, TV & FILM, CSULB

Monica Schmidt-Mitchell had never considered producing as a viable career before taking a Production Management class with the late Steve Hubbert during her junior year at CSULB. Today, some 30 years later, she oversees all aspects of production and company operations as head producer for the acclaimed “Rick and Morty” franchise, which has been translated into more than 150 languages worldwide. Along the way, she has amassed producing credits for such award-winning and-nominated shows as “South Park,” “Bojack Horseman,” and “StoryBots” and she was part of the team that won an Emmy® for “Mickey Mouse Shorts.” She is especially proud of helping launch the groundbreaking Peabody and Emmy® Award-winning animated series “South Park” during its first season, an experience that sparked her passion for producing animation, took her to such top animation studios as Disney and Warner Bros. and enabled her to collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry. In addition to her production work, Schmidt-Mitchell is currently an adjunct professor at the John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and she sits on the advisory board of the Department of Cinematic Arts at The Beach. “I frequently run into successful CSULB alumni across the industry,” she says, “and it always makes me proud to be part of this incredible community.”

From 2025 Alumni Awards program