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Television projects in development include: OMGay!, Scoops, and Kid Manager. Howie is a veteran Casting Director whose career spans everything from Broadway to cable television. Based in Los Angeles he has worked for Warner Brothers Television, 20th Century Fox, Dreamworks, Paramount, Sony, NBC Universal, CBS and FBC. Howie is currently a Governor for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and is a former Vice President of the Casting Society of America. Howard has been nominated a total of 14 times for the prestigious Artios Award (the oscars of casting) and won the award two times.
Originally from NYC, he cast the Broadway productions: The Graduate, Fortune's Fool, Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Elaine May's Taller Than A Dwarf, Honour, Epic Proportions, Annie Get Your Gun (Revival), Fosse, Chicago (Revival), Annie (Revival), Grease (Revival) to name a few. Follow Howie on twitter at @omhowie
Bill Sindelar was born in Cleveland, Ohio, or as he likes to call it "The City of Losers". His beloved sports teams, especially the Browns, never win. Yes, he's the gay guy who loves sports. And can't decorate to save his life. Upon graduating college from John Carroll University in Cleveland, thinking he was going to be a sportscaster, he changed his mind and decided L.A. was where he wanted to be. He was going to be an actor.
Promising himself all his money would come from performing, he landed his first job as a mascot for the Anaheim Angels. This was particularly hard for him because he was a diehard Indians fan and because the Angels were just so bad at that time. From there he went on to host shows at Universal Studios Theme Park, including The Rugrats Magic Adventure and Totally Nickelodeon. It was at Universal that Bill met Wayne Brady, who was also hosting shows at the park. Once Wayne became famous from 'Who's Line is it Anyway," he asked Bill to travel the country with him and perform in improv shows with him, something he did for 7 years. During that time, Bill started to focus on being a personality, rather than focusing on acting.
He started hosting shows and booking pilots as a host and knew that's what he wanted to do. Seeing Bill's personality, sense of humor, and great people skills, Wayne hired Bill to be his audience warm-up guy for his prime-time variety show and daytime talkshow. Currently, he is considered one of the top warm-up guys in Los Angeles, working on shows such as The Talk, The Voice, Good Luck Charlie, and numerous awards shows. When he's not busy working on set, you can find him playing with his three dogs, attending sporting events, or going to theme parks. Bill has season passes to Disneyland, Six Flags, SeaWorld, San Diego Zoo, and Universal Studios Hollywood. Bill is single and lives in Studio City. Follow Bill on twitter at: @omgaybill
Ann Maney has been the VP, Casting at 20th Century Fox Television, a talent agent at Gersh, and a television producer. She has worked with or hired most of the current Casting Directors on staff at the major LA and NYC studios and networks.
Ann is currently developing a reality talent competition show with Virgin Produced, a half hour scripted comedy project with Cubevision, and her first ever game show. Ann is continually on the search for rising stars throughout the U.S. and hopes to continue that search globally in the coming months.
She is so excited to be a part of OMGay! Partnering with longtime friend and colleague Howard Meltzer is absolutely a dream come true! Follow Ann on twitter at @maneyac
Faith recently edited feature length documentaries for TCM on the directing careers of Clint Eastwood ("The Eastwood Factor") and Ron Howard ("Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film") for writer-director Richard Schickel. She was also associate/producer and editor on Schickel's "You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story," a five hour series of documentaries that were part of the PBS American Masters Series.
Faith spent ten years at New Line Cinema where she edited trailers, TV spots, Internet content, electronic press kits and sizzle reels for at least one of your favorite films since the list includes: the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Elf," "Wedding Crashers," "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," the "Blade" trilogy, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and the "Final Destination" trilogy. She also did the occasional free-lance actor reels and editing projects, your favorite probably being her work on TV spots for the "The Big Lebowski."
Faith grew up across the street from OMGay co-founder Howard Meltzer in Flushing, Queens. Instead of going to their high school prom, they went to see "A Chorus Line" on Broadway and had a nice dinner. Follow Faith on twitter at @fbginsberg
Troy Daniel Smith started his Los Angeles career in 2006 as an actor. In 2008, Troy began working with Howard Meltzer in the Casting world on shows such as Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" and "Shake It Up"; Disney XD's "I'm In The Band," and "Lab Rats"; and CTV's "Life With Boys" to name a few.
Troy is also an independent film producer. Through Exit 43 Productions, he will release his first feature length effort, "Lonely Boy," in 2012.
Originally from Bellevue, Nebraska (yes, it's a real place), Troy is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Follow Troy on twitter @troydanielsmith
Brian was born in DuBois Pennsylvania. Growing up, he always had a passion for dance and performing. He migrated into cheer/dance where he learned his main passion was to choreograph. His mentor is Rey Lozano. Rey is one of the biggest Cheer/Dance choreographers in the US.
After working with Rey, he began to morph into a different style. from taking class at The Edge and working with great choreographers such as Jason Myer, Micheal Rooney, HiHat, and Margaret Derricks, he found his own style, that is clean, organic and yet structured with a toss of transitions, creating a constant flow of movement that is exciting for the eye to watch. Follow Brian on twitter at @omflirtyboy
John Ganun - Spent 20 years acting on stage and appearing on Broadway before moving to Los Angeles to peruse film and television.
John began taking actors headshots upon moving to LA, and found a new passion. Ten years and 3000 clients later, John is now a full time photographer and has moved well beyond headshots (though it's a service he still enjoys providing.)
In John's editorial work, as well as the SCENARIO shoots he produces at parties, you can see how his first career has influenced his second one. John's photography is often described as theatrical....creative scenarios that border on fantasy. John has found a way to combine his two passions into one career and he's having a blast.