He holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of California at Berkeley and the M.F.A. in Cinema/TV (Screenwriting) from the UCLA Film School. Mehlinger has over twenty years of on-going successful experience as a documentary and corporate video producer in Los Angeles. As writer and director, he expanded the division client base, and also produced multiple episodes of the syndicated series, Story of a People, The Morehouse Men, and African Americans: An Amazing Century.