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 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]
His film credits deal almost exclusively with LGBTQ themes, including the 1997dramaDavid Searching, the 1998 drama Minor Details, and the 2000comedy dramaGet 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".[6]
Career
Acting coach
Meindl is the artistic director of Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop which is active in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, London, Sydney, New York City,[7]Toronto, Cape Town, Santa Fe, Copenhagen, and Vancouver.
He 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.[8]
Director and producer
His first feature screenplay, The Wonder Girls, won the grand prize for a feature screenplay in the Slamdance Film Festival screenplay competition in 2007.[9] He was nominated for Best Director at the LA Weekly Theater Awards for two consecutive years – for Best Comedy (Swimming in the Shallows) and Best Drama (Dogs Barking).[10] The casts for both shows 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 premiering 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.[11]
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.[12] The film features Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis, Bruce Vilanch, and Trevor Donovan.
He 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[13] in 2018 and was acquired by Hulu.
In 2019, he directed the short Is This You, Too?, written by and starring Barbara Howlin.[14]
Authorship
He is the author of five books: At Left Brain Turn Right,[15] a spiritual self-help book, Alphabet Soup for Grown-Ups,[16]Book the F#king Job!,[17]Book the F#kingJob for Teens,[18] and his memoir You Knew When You Were 2.[19]
↑ 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
↑ 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
↑ 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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