Matt Meindl is a filmmaker and musician from Columbus, Ohio. His short films + videos are a bit of a contradiction, being both silly and serious, modern and vintage, distant and here. Meindl shoots primarily on small-gauge film formats and records his own soundtracks with twangy strings and virtual theremins. His work has screened at festivals and micro-cinemas throughout North America and Europe including the Chicago Underground Film Festival, Winnipeg's Festival of Film + Video Art, Cucalorus Film Festival and the James River Festival of the Moving Image. He is the recipient of a 2011 Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council and is a 2011-12 Media Artist in Residence at the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Matt is currently working on a new super 8 short called Don't Break Down and is also collaborating with Brandon Reichard on an animated music video for the band Way Yes.

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