Bio

Mitch Temple was born in Merced California in 1973. His older sister Katy is a sports broadcaster and his brother Josh is an actor and television host.

He was raised in the company of countless cousins who descended on Merced in order to test out the local authorities. He attended Georgetown University and studied Literature and Government. He played baseball in college and tried to avoid academic difficulties during the season by taking art classes. After graduating he volunteered for one year at Pax, a mission school in the Northern Transvaal of South Africa.

Upon his return he went to live with his brother in San Francisco, working for him at Atlas Heating, and taking evening classes at the San Francisco Art Institute. He graduated from the Art Institute with an MFA in painting. He has exhibited his paintings regularly over the past seven years. In 2002 Mitch founded Root Division, an art non-profit in San Francisco, with Dennis McNulty and Nathan Suter.

His studio mate was a talented painter named Erin Kellgren. She makes gorgeous paintings that are very thoughtful and very elegant, and he married her. He wrote, produced, directed, and edited his first experimental feature "Limbo" in 2006. Once again he followed his brother to a new city. He and his wife Erin now live in Los Angeles, where some of his cousins happen to be the local authorities. In 2007 Mitch finished his short film "Eliza". He continues to paint at every opportunity.