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Anna Foerster

Anna Foerster

Directing1971Germany

Biography

Anna J. Foerster (born 1971) is a German-born American film and television cinematographer and director. She is best known for collaborations with director Roland Emmerich, working under different capacities on every film directed by him dating back to Independence Day (1996), with the exception of the film The Patriot (2000).

As a second unit cinematographer, Foerster worked on the films Alien Resurrection (1997), Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002), Johnson Family Vacation (2004), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Æon Flux (2005), and 10,000 BC (2008), also working as a second unit director on the latter four films.

She was the cinematographer for the visual effects and/or miniature unit on Independence Day)Day (1996Godzilla (1998), Pitch Black (2000), and Stuart Little 2 (2002).

As a director, she directed five episodes of the television series Criminal Minds, an episode of its spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour, three episodes of Unforgettable, and four episodes of the Starz series Outlander.

In 2008, she was reported to be developing a film, Secret Hunter, based on the Ranulph Fiennes novel The Secret Hunters (2002).

Foerster made her feature film directing debut with the action horror film Underworld: Blood Wars (2016).In 2016, J. J. Abrams and his production company, Bad Robot, hired Foerster to direct Lou, a thriller about a mother trying to recover her abducted child.

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Acting History

2024
Dune: Prophecy
TVExecutive Producer
Dune: Prophecy
TVDirector
2022
Lou
Director
2019
Carnival Row
TVDirector
2016
Underworld: Blood Wars
Executive Producer
Westworld
TVDirector
2015
Madam Secretary
TVDirector1 eps
2014
Outlander
TVDirector
2013
White House Down
Director of Photography
2012
German Film Award
TVas Self1 eps
Army Wives
TVDirector1 eps
2011
Anonymous
Director of Photography
Unforgettable
TVDirector
2009
2012
Aerial Director of Photography
2008
10,000 BC
Second Unit Director of Photography
10,000 BC
Second Unit Director
10,000 BC
Aerial Director of Photography
2005
Æon Flux
Second Unit Director
Æon Flux
Second Unit Director of Photography
Criminal Minds
TVDirector
2004
Johnson Family Vacation
Second Unit Director of Photography
Johnson Family Vacation
Second Unit Director
The Day After Tomorrow
Second Unit Director of Photography
The Day After Tomorrow
Second Unit Director
2003
Coronado
Director of Photography
2002
Eight Legged Freaks
Additional Photography
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Second Unit Director of Photography
1994
Calliope
Camera Operator

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Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/1/1971(55 years old)
Place of Birth
Germany