Ana Margineau is a theatre director who works both nationally and internationally. She graduated from The National University of Theatre and Film of Bucharest, Romania. Ana Margineanu is co-founder of PopUP Theatrics, a partnership creating immersive theatrical events around the world and in collaboration with international theatre artists. She is a past resident of Women's Project Theater, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center and an alumnus of The Lincoln Center Directors Lab.

Ana Margineanu’s work has been presented and/or developed at the WP Theater , The Kennedy Center, Juggerknot, 3LD Art & Technology Center NY, Working Theater , Urban Stages NY, New York Theatre Workshop, The Lark, Ensemble Studio Theater and in numerous theaters and festivals in Europe, most notably: New Plays from Europe Wiesbaden, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, National Theatre Festival Bucharest, Sibiu International Theatre Festival. She has also directed, taught and facilitated workshops at Colleges and Universities like: The New School, SUNY Purchase, Pace University, Wesleyan University, Queens College, National Theatre and Film University of Bucharest.

Called "one of the reigning queens of New York's highly intimate, one-shot-only, conceptual-based theater" by the NYC critic Randy Gener, Ana Margineanu is known for close cooperation with the local communities who are audiences for her work, highly metaphoric visual style, and ability to draw raw, visceral performances from her actors.