Ana Mărgineanu
Bucharest, Romania // New York City
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ANA MĂRGINEANU is a Romanian theatre and television director. Selective theatre directing credits include: The Sunshine Play, Buy Me With A Coffee, Bucharest Calling, 89, 89… Hot After ’89, Garbage, Cheek to Cheek and Vitamins.
Her work has been presented internationally in Basel, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Graz, New York, Prague, Saint Petersburg, Stuttgart and Vienna as well as the major cities of Romania.
The Sunshine Play received several awards including Best Play in 2006– Relationship Drama at London Fringe Awards, and the Romanian Critics Award in 2007. 89, 89… Hot After ’89 received seven awards in 2005 including Best Show at the Romanian Drama Festival and The Jury Award for Innovation at the Contemporary Drama Festival. Garbage won Best Show at Hop Gala Mangalia in 2003.
Ana received Best Contribution In Romanian Theatre Award in 2008 at the VIP Gala.
She was also nominated for Best Debut at the Uniter Gala (Romania’s most important awards for theatre) and Best Director at Anonimus Gala.
As a television director, Ana worked for Media Pro Television Studios, directing the series One Step Ahead and the social films Poisoned Dreams and Hit by Love.
Ana is an Assistant Professor at the National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest. She has lead workshops in Athens, Bucharest, New York and Timisoara. She is a member of DramAcum, directors collective that supports young Romanian playwrights, The Internationalists directors collective and participated in Lincoln Centers Directors Lab ’07.
Her most recent project Only the Best About Romania is a series of plays created in collaboration with playwright Peca Stefan. Through interviews and rigorous research each play in this series becomes a portrait of the life and spirit of a different Romanian town. Together they make an unconventional analysis of contemporary Romania. The first of these plays are A True Story Completely Invented About Baia Mare and 5 Miraculous Minutes in Piatra Neamt.
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