Anthony Meindl

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Anthony Meindl
Born
Anthony Paul Meindl

(1968-01-14) January 14, 1968 (age 57)
LaPorte, Indiana, U.S.
Occupations
Website www.anthonymeindl.com

Anthony Paul Meindl (born January 14, 1968) is an American director, screenwriter, actor, author and comedian. He is best known for the direct-to-video series Hard Hat Harry and as the artistic director of Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop in Los Angeles, California. [1]

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Early life

Meindl was born January 14, 1968, in LaPorte, Indiana. [2]

Early career

In the 1990s, Meindl starred in Hard Hat Harry, a children's show that was designed to introduce young viewers to various vehicles and construction equipment. [3]

He moved from New York to Los Angeles in 1997, where he featured in commercials for products and companies including Diet Coke, Philips Electronics, Bank of America, Nissan, Michelob Light, Sears, Acura, Del Taco, Mervyn's, and Behr Paint. [4] He also appeared in Off-Broadway stage productions of Titus Andronicus , Merrily We Roll Along , [5] and the LA Weekly Award-nominated Cabaret .

Professing "the incredible lightness of being an openly gay artist" [6] Meindl's film credits deal almost exclusively with LGBTQ themes, including the 1997 drama David Searching, the 1998 drama Minor Details, and the 2000 comedy drama Get Your Stuff. In 2005, he was in the mystery comedy Death of a Saleswoman. In 1998, he appeared in an episode of Will & Grace, "The Truth About Will & Dogs". [7]

Career

Acting coach

Meindl is the artistic director of Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop that began in Los Angeles and has expanded to Atlanta, Chicago, London, Sydney, New York City, [8] Toronto, Cape Town, Santa Fe, Copenhagen, and Vancouver. He has coached and worked with Shailene Woodley, Chace Crawford, Cory Monteith, Olivia Holt, Ian Harding, Larissa Oleynik, [9] Lorenza Izzo, Logan Paul, Camila Cabello, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Lucy Fry, Phoebe Dynevor, Pom Klementieff, Sara Sampaio, and Ming Xi.

Meindl is also the host of the In The Moment podcast. The podcast primarily discusses acting and art, and features interviews with casting directors, actors, and industry professionals. [10]

Director/Producer

Meindl's first feature screenplay, The Wonder Girls, was the Grand Prize Winning Feature Screenplay in the Slamdance Film Festival Screenplay Competition in 2007. [11] He was nominated for Best Director for the LA Weekly Awards two years in a row for Best Comedy (Swimming in the Shallows), [12] and Best Drama (Dogs Barking). [13] The casts for both shows (members of Metatheatre Company, his acting studio) were also nominated for Best Ensemble in a Comedy and Best Ensemble in a Drama.

His first short, Ready? OK!, played in over a dozen international film festivals, winning numerous "Best of" awards and premiered on MTV's LOGO Network in 2009 as part of their "Click List: Best In Short Film Series." It won the 2008 Planet Out Scion Viewer's Choice Short Film Awards. [14]

The first feature film he directed, Birds of a Feather (2011), won him Best Director awards at the 2012 Downtown LA Film Festival and the 2013 Golden Door Film Festival [ citation needed ]. It also won the Spirit of the Festival Award at the 2012 Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival. [15] The film features Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis, Bruce Vilanch, and Trevor Donovan.

Meindl wrote and directed Where We Go From Here (2019), depicting issues of immigration, gun violence, and love in the modern world. It premiered at Outfest [16] in 2018 and was acquired by Hulu.

In 2019, Meindl directed the short Is This You, Too?, written by and starring Barbara Howlin. [17]

Authorship

Anthony Meindl is the author of five books: At Left Brain Turn Right, [18] a spiritual self-help book, Alphabet Soup for Grown-Ups, [19] Book the F#king Job!, [20] Book the F#kingJob for Teens, [21] and his memoir You Knew When You Were 2. [22]

He is also a regular contributor to The Huffington Post , [23] The Daily Love, and Backstage.

Filmography

Acting
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 All My Children (TV series)WaiterTV series, 1 episode: "Episode dated 20 January 1994"
1995Hard Hat Harry [24] Hard Hat Harry (credited as Anthony Paul)Children's TV Series, 2 episodes: "Real Life Fire Trucks For Kids" and "All About... Trucks"
1997David SearchingDiner WaiterIndependent film
1998 Will & Grace Cute Guy (credited as Anthony Paul Meindl)TV series, 1 episode: "The Truth About Will and Dogs"
1999 Any Day Now WaiterTV series, 1 episode: "Say Something"
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines Ryan DuffyTV movie
Family Law Scott KaplanTV series, 1 episode: "The Fourth Trimester"
2000Get Your StuffEricIndependent Film
2006Death of a SaleswomanEthan CapperlogIndependent Film
2011Birds of a Feather [25] Mark DanielsIndependent Film/TV Movie
2018Sum of Us [26] Tony (self)Feature Film
2019Where We Go from Here [27] RickyFeature Film

References

  1. ↑ "Acting Classes London". Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
  2. ↑ Meindl, Anthony (January 8, 2016). Book The Fucking Job!: A Guide for Actors. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN   978-1977521408.
  3. ↑ Hard Hat Harry (TV Series 1995–1996) - IMDb , retrieved August 11, 2023
  4. ↑ Anthony Meindl's Actor's Workshop
  5. ↑ Morris, Steven Leigh (June 7, 2000). "The Good Doctor Sang". LA Weekly. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Incredible Lightness of Being an Openly Gay Artist". News, Lifestyle, and Social Action on TakePart. Archived from the original on December 25, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Will & Grace" The Truth About Will and Dogs (TV Episode 1998) - IMDb , retrieved March 30, 2021
  8. ↑ Boriosi, Marc S (October 7, 2013). "Anthony Meindl – Acting His Sage". The Levity Ball. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Larisa Oleynik". IMDb. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  10. ↑ "In The Moment: Acting, Art and Life". SoundCloud. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Slamdance Screenplay Announces Winners!". Slamdance. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007.
  12. ↑ Morris, Steven Leigh (February 17, 2005). "The 26th Annual LA Weekly Theater Awards". LA Weekly. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  13. ↑ "The 25th Annual LA Weekly Theater Award Nominees". LA Weekly. February 12, 2004. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  14. ↑ Melloy, Kilian (November 19, 2008). "Four Gay Short Films on One New DVD Release". Edge Publications. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  15. ↑ "23rd Annual Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival AWARDS Announced!!!". Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Cultural Foundation. June 1, 2012. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Where We Go From Here". festival.outfest.org. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  17. ↑ "IMDB". IMDb. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021.
  18. ↑ "At Left Brain Turn Right: An Uncommon Path to Shutting Up Your Inner Critic, Giving Fear the Finger & Having an Amazing Life!". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Alphabet Soup for Grown-Ups: 26 Ways to Not Worry (Really!), Be Happy (Truly!), and Get over Yourself (Finally!)". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  20. ↑ Book the Fucking Job!: A Guide for Actors . Retrieved March 30, 2021– via amazon.com.
  21. ↑ Book the Job! (For Teens): A Guide for Actors. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. April 21, 2017. ISBN   978-1-5432-4155-6 . Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  22. ↑ You Knew when You Were 2 . Retrieved March 30, 2021– via amazon.com.
  23. ↑ "Anthony Meindl | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  24. ↑ Hard Hat Harry (TV Series 1995–1996) - IMDb , retrieved March 30, 2021
  25. ↑ Meindl, Anthony (January 1, 2011), Birds of a Feather (Comedy), Lindsay Frame, Anthony Meindl, Danielle Hoover, Lindsay Hollister, Intrepid Entertainment, META Films, retrieved March 30, 2021
  26. ↑ Meindl, Anthony, Sum of Us (Documentary, Comedy, Drama, News), Jessica Jade Barry, Verity Branco, Sabrina Campbell, Kathryn Cherasaro, Meta Films / Intrepid Entertainment, retrieved March 30, 2021
  27. ↑ Meindl, Anthony (November 30, 2019), Where We Go from Here (Drama), Justine Wachsberger, Raphael Desprez, Camille De Pazzis, Nicolas Berger-Vachon, Meta Films / Intrepid Entertainment, retrieved March 30, 2021

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