Brian Mitchell

Divisional President WTA

Favorite Core Value: Create an Extraordinary Impact: We serve an extraordinary God who deserves our all. He allows us to create, produce and share media with His life-changing message.


Brian Mitchell is President of WTA Media and brings extensive entertainment experience to EMF beginning in 1986 with radio broadcast roles, and then record executive leadership positions at Provident/Sony and Capitol/Universal, including General Manager of Essential Records, launching artists such as Jars of Clay and Third Day.


While at Thomas Nelson Publishers/HarperCollins as Vice President of Marketing, he led multiple book imprints to 14 New York Times bestselling books from authors such as William J. Bennett and Michael Savage. Brian served as Vice President of Marketing and Licensing for the VeggieTales® brand at Big Idea Entertainment/DreamWorks Animation before joining WTA Media in 2013.


In his current role as President, Brian develops business strategies and plans for the company, while guiding literary and consumer products licensing initiatives, in addition to theatrical release film funding, marketing and distribution efforts. Under his leadership, WTA Media has helped deliver top grossing faith-based films such as God’s Not Dead, War Room, I Can Only Imagine and Overcomer.