Indy Neidell

Indiana Neidell (born 28 September 1967) is an American-Swedish documentarian, historian, actor, voice actor, musician and YouTube personality, best known for presenting the video series, The Great War on The Great War Channel which documented World War I in real time using modern research, various secondary sources and archival footage. A similar project, World War Two (about World War II), began in September 2018. Neidell is also a writer and actor with credits that include Metropia and numerous commercials in Europe, as well as video game voice-acting. Neidell was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Houston, Texas when he was nine months old. Neidell attended St. John's School, graduating in 1985. He studied history at Wesleyan University. As a teenager, he worked at a grocery store. During an episode of World War Two, Neidell stated that his mother, Joy, was born in Egypt in 1940 to his grandfather Basil. Basil was originally from the United Kingdom and eventually moved to Egypt working for the Egyptian Ministry of Education. During World War II he joined the Royal Air Force. At some point after the war, he became the Secretary of the International Lawn Tennis Federation. During 2021, the TimeGhost History YouTube channel revealed information about Neidell's career prior to hosting Watch Sunday Baseball through posts in the Community section. He met Spartacus Olsson around the year 2000 at a bar on the island of Mallorca and they worked together on several media projects. In addition, Neidell played with Swedish musician Moneybrother for several years. Neidell was approached by Mediakraft, the producers of The Great War, to host the series after they saw a series of videos he had produced between May and September 2013 about the history of baseball, entitled Watch Sunday Baseball. The Great War spin-off YouTube channel "It's History" also featured Neidell as a guest host for episodes on famous military campaigns. The Great War project officially ended on 11 November 2018, exactly 100 years after the signing of the Armistice at Compiègne which formally ended all hostilities in the First World War.