Eddy Von Mueller
In October of 2024, former AV Creative Director Eddy Von Mueller stepped into founder William A. Brown’s sizeable shoes as CEO. A ex-animator, defrocked paleontologist, and recovering film professor, Eddy turned to cinema in the mid-’90s after a tragic Ouija Board accident cut short a promising career as a freelance necromancer. He holds a PhD from Emory University, and served on the faculties of both Georgia State University and Emory, where he helped found one of the nation’s first pre-professional programs for undergrads interested in careers in Film and Media Studies. In addition to writing, producing and directing projects in a wide range of formats, he has contributed reviews and commentaries to TCM, TNT, NBC, FilmStruck, Kino-Lorber Home Video.
Our Team
Brian Brackney
Mr. Brackney has been with Atlanta Video since the company’s inception in 1976. He holds a degree in philosophy from Emory University and graduated with the highest honors in electronics from Dekalb College in Atlanta. Mr. Brackney is one of the owners of Atlanta Video and is responsible for video system design and engineering. Mr. Brackney was the technical director for all of Court Television’s remote work with Atlanta Video including numerous nationally broadcast, high-profile trials. Brian is responsible for maintaining all technical standards on all our location, studio, and editing projects. Mr. Brackney has an extensive background in music history and theory and listens to classical music when he is not on a bird-watching expedition.
Brian Cox
Mr. Cox has been editing film since 1997. He learned to edit reel-to-reel with betamax decks and has since then become with Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro and Adobe AfterEffects. He is also skilled in creating 2-D animation and motion graphics. He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Furman University and a Master of Science Degree in Design and Technical Communication from Southern Polytechnic State University- now part of Kennesaw State University. Past projects include programs for IBM, The Coca-Cola Company, American Cancer Society, The Atlanta Regional Commission, The High Museum of Art, GPTV, the Criterion Collection, American Heart Association, and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Alisa Yan
Alisa has been working in film and television since she was nine years old, starting out as a child actor in a commercial for novelty stuffed animals. Since then, she’s graduated with a degree in Media Studies and Marketing from Emory University, and settled in for the long haul in the industry as an Assistant Director. In that time, she has managed to keep a wide variety of projects on track and on time. They’ve ranged in length from thirty second commercial spots to feature length films, and in genre from comedy to action to horror. In her free time, she can be found doing a medley of eclectic hobbies, which (currently) include gaming, dice-making, and fiber arts.
Ted Brackney
Ted Brackney has six years of experience as an audio engineer, streaming specialist, technical assistant, and teleprompter engineer/operator with Atlanta Video. Ted has an extensive background using a variety of streaming platforms, including Livestream, Facebook Live, Stream Monkey, Twitch, and Mixer. He studied film/media and the political sciences at Emory University while spending his summers volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. Ted enjoys soccer, gaming, and reading investigative journalism.
Michael Leland
As AV's chief image generator and technical engineer, Michael is just waiting for an Ai to replace him. Cameras are HEAVY and screenwriting is HARD. Bring on the bots! Until then, he prefers the analog approach of pencil, paper, and espresso.
A student of film form, Michael's Media Criticism studies at Emory focused on content creation and industrial analysis. Add five years working in broadcast television and a decade in corporate communications, and you have a creative intimately familiar with changing technology. On your project, Michael's primary job is to listen, consult, and execute.