Anna Foerster
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Anna Foerster

Jan 1, 1971 - Germany

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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Movie2004The Day After TomorrowSecond Unit Director of PhotographyCamera
Movie2013White House DownDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie2002Eight Legged FreaksAdditional PhotographyCamera
Movie2016Underworld: Blood WarsDirectorDirecting
Movie2016Underworld: Blood WarsExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2022LouDirectorDirecting
Movie2011AnonymousDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie200810,000 BCAerial Director of PhotographyCamera
Movie200810,000 BCSecond Unit DirectorDirecting
Movie2004Johnson Family VacationSecond Unit Director of PhotographyCamera
Movie2003CoronadoDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie200810,000 BCSecond Unit Director of PhotographyCamera
Movie2004Johnson Family VacationSecond Unit DirectorDirecting
Movie2002Ballistic: Ecks vs. SeverSecond Unit Director of PhotographyCamera
Movie2005Æon FluxSecond Unit Director of PhotographyCamera
Movie2005Æon FluxSecond Unit DirectorDirecting
Movie2004The Day After TomorrowSecond Unit DirectorDirecting
Movie20092012Aerial Director of PhotographyCamera
Movie1994CalliopeCamera OperatorCamera
TV Show2011UnforgettableDirectorDirecting
TV Show2014OutlanderDirectorDirecting
TV Show2005Criminal MindsDirectorDirecting
TV Show2015Marvel's Jessica JonesDirectorDirecting
TV Show2016WestworldDirectorDirecting
TV Show2019Carnival RowDirectorDirecting
TV Show2024Dune: ProphecyDirectorDirecting
TV Show2014Madam SecretaryDirectorDirecting
TV Show2007Army WivesDirectorDirecting
TV Show2024Dune: ProphecyExecutive ProducerProduction