Anna Foerster

Anna Foerster
Born 1971 (age 4445)[1]
Germany
Occupation Cinematographer, director, visual effects artist
Years active 1994–present

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

Career

As a cinematographer, Foerster worked in the second unit on the films Alien: Resurrection (1997), 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]

In the visual arts, some of her film credits include Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998), Pitch Black (2000) and Stuart Little 2 (2002).[2]

As a head director, she directed numerous 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]

Foerster will make her feature film directing debut with the 2016 action horror film Underworld: Blood Wars.

Future projects

She has been developing the film Secret Hunter based on the Ranulph Fiennes novel The Secret Hunters (2002) since 2008.[3]

Filmography as director

References

  1. Foerster: Gives Shakespeare a modern edge by Iain Blair of Variety, dated February 13, 2012,
  2. 1 2 3 Renaissance Woman: Anna J Foerster, HD Magazine, dated August 16, 2011.
  3. Mitchell, Wendy (May 19, 2008). "Anna J Foerster to direct Secret Hunter". ScreenDaily.

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