Anna Foerster

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Anna Foerster
Born1971 (age 5253) [1]
Germany
Occupation(s) Cinematographer, television director, film director
Years active1994–present

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).

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Career

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. [2]

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

As a director, she directed five episodes of the television series Criminal Minds , an episode of its spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, three episodes of Unforgettable , and four episodes of the Starz series Outlander . [2]

In 2008, she was reported to be developing a film Secret Hunter based on the Ranulph Fiennes novel The Secret Hunters (2002). [3]

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. [4]

Filmography

Film

Television

YearTitleEpisode(s)
2009-2011 Criminal Minds "Cold Comfort"
"The Uncanny Valley"
"Reflection of Desire"
"With Friends Like These..."
"From Childhood's Hour"
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior "Strays"
2011-2012 Unforgettable "Trajectories"
"Heartbreak"
2012 Army Wives "The War at Home"
2014-2015 Outlander "The Wedding"
"Both Sides Now"
"Wentworth Prison"
"To Ransom a Man's Soul"
2015 Madam Secretary "Face the Nation"
2018 Jessica Jones "AKA Start at the Beginning"
2019 Carnival Row "Kingdoms of the Moon"
"The Joining of Unlike Things" [lower-alpha 1]
2020 Westworld "Genre"

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