Biography
Anthony Meindl is an award-winning director, writer, actor, and acting coach.
The script for his upcoming feature film, "The Wonder Girls", was the Grand Prize-Winning Feature Screenplay in the Slamdance Film Festival Screenplay Competition, was a semifinalist at the Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition, and was listed in the top 10% of all screenplays entered in the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship.
Anthony wrote and directed "Where We Go From Here", which premiered at Outfest in 2019 at the famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It won Best Screenplay at Q-Films Long Beach and the Jury Award at NYC's East Village Queer Film Festival, and was acquired by HULU.
His other recent feature, "Sum of Us", starring Brianne Howey ("Ginny & Georgia") and Isidora Goreshter ("Shameless) won Best Screenplay at the Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film Festival after premiering at the Downtown LA Film Festival. Concurrently, his short film "Is This You, Too?" screened at a dozen film festivals and took home Best Director and twice Best Short Film.
His first ever feature film, "Birds of a Feather", won numerous awards including Best Director from both the DTLA Film Festival and the Golden Door International Film Festival, the Audience Choice Award from the Northeast Film Festival, and the Special Jury Award from the Honolulu Rainbow Festival. His first short, "Ready? OK!" sold to MTV's LOGO Network as part of their "Best in Short Film" series.
His achievements as a director arose in part from a long history of coaching Hollywood's rising stars. He founded Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop, now in its 24th year with nine locations around the world. He has taught such actors as two time Golden Globe nominee Shailene Woodley, Oscar winning "Moonlight" Trevante Rhodes, Marvel franchise favorite Pom Klementieff, Netflix's "Bridgerton" break out star Phoebe Dynevor, pop sensation and star of "Cinderella" Camila Cabello, and hundreds of others.
Anthony guest taught for Directing at David Lynch's Master of Filmmaking Program and has been featured in Netflix's "Travels With My Father."
He is the author of four books; the best-selling creativity book "At Left Brain Turn Right", self-improvement "Alphabet Soup for Grown-Ups", acting guide "Book the F#©king Job!", and the latest, his memoir, "You Knew When You Were 2."
