- Born
- Birth nameAnne Elizabeth McCain Engman
- Nickname
- Bee
- Born to John Engman of Milwaukee, a vocal performer and academic turned philanthropic consultant, and Kathleen McCain of Los Angeles, a chef and interior designer, Annie was raised Chicago-adjacent in Evanston, Illinois. Her brother Charlie Engman is a fashion photographer who publishes large collections of caricature work with their mother.
Annie's elementary and junior high schools focused on the arts, allowing her to perform many stage leads at a young age. She was a treble in a touring classical choir, trained in improv with the Piven Theatre Workshop and danced with the Gus Giordano Studio. In high school, she choreographed for Esande Dance Company and cast, choreographed and directed a production of 'A Chorus Line' in preparation for a BFA in Acting at Millikin University, where she continued to take leads and direct.
Midway through her theatrical program, she trekked in The Yukon Territory followed by a move to Ecuador and then Perú, and deferred from performing to concentrate on other interests of writing, social work, political action, documentary filmmaking, photo and design. She enrolled at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington to design a program as such.
Annie has since principled films, plays, radio shows, commercials and print ads, voice works, music videos, musicals and operas, has sung harmony with bands across genres, and danced with companies and Latin, African, and samba troupes in Chicago, Olympia, Quito, Salt Lake City, London, Los Angeles and New York.
As a casting director, she has populated television, film, theatre, and documentaries, and coaches casts, scene groups and privately. She leads children's workshops, guests academically, and is a script doctor and copy editor. Behind the camera, she has been a director, portrait photographer, documentarian, videographer, set designer and post-production editor. She hosts The Parlour Salon and the banquet Women's Dinner in Los Angeles and New York, as well running two artist residency properties in Upstate New York collectively named The Build, managed by The Agrarian Home, her interior design company.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Midwest Sleuth Bios
- Evanston Township High School, Class of 2001.
- Can fly a two-seater plane.
- Younger brother Charlie Engman graduated from Oxford University and is a fashion photographer known for his work with their mother.
- Hiked and canoed in Canada's Yukon Territory.
- Annie was a juror for the Brooklyn Film Festival and has moderated the Sundance Film Festival, Slamdance, and Cannes.
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