1. Indiana Neidell was born on 28 September 1967 and 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.
Indy Neidell is a writer and actor with credits that include Metropia and numerous commercials in Europe, as well as video game voice-acting.
Indy Neidell was born in Pennsylvania, and moved to Houston when he was nine months old.
Indy Neidell studied history at Wesleyan University for four years.
Indy Neidell later became the Superintendent of schools for the British Dominion of Egypt.
Indy Neidell met Spartacus Olsson around the year 2000 at a bar on the island of Mallorca and they worked together on several media projects.
Indy 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.
Indy Neidell stated in his finale video that the channel will continue to release some episodes about events following the First World War.
In February 2019, Indy Neidell teamed up with Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton for a project called Sabaton History, for which he is the host and writer.
Indy Neidell portrayed T E Lawrence in the music video for Sabaton's song "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" and Adrian Carton de Wiart in the music video for Sabaton's song "The Unkillable Soldier".
On June 25th, 2024, Indy Neidell launched the third real time series, covering the Korean War.
Indy Neidell left the United States in January 1993, living in New York City prior to moving to Europe.
Indy Neidell lived in Prague for several years before leaving the city.
Indy Neidell has dual citizenship of the United States and Sweden.
Indy Neidell is a member of the European chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research and a supporter of the Houston Astros.