Animation exec Rick Mischel has found a new home at Technicolor and has signed on as EVP of animation and interactive services, a posting that puts the former Mainframe boss atop a unit that combines the video game and animation divisions that service game, broadcast and DVD titles.

Mischel joins the Burbank outfit following the wrap-up of his time at Rainmaker where, following its purchase of Mainframe in 2006, he stayed on through 2007 to assist in the changing of the guard.

‘Rick is a blue chip talent,’ said Ahmad Ouri, president of Technicolor Content Services, in a statement, and ‘provides a wonderful balance between his leadership and creative skills.’

Mischel remains atop Reach Games, the B.C.-based game shop he founded while at Rainmaker, which does similar work to the services wing of Technicolor. Going forward, he says new projects that come into Reach will be done through Technicolor.