Anna Kooris

Place of birth:

Austin, Texas, USA:

Biography:

Anna Kooris (also credited as Ana Kooris) is an American photographer, still photographer, and actress born in Austin, Texas, who studied fine art and photography under James Welling and Catherine Opie at UCLA. She is primarily known for her work as a still photographer on major independent and studio films and television series, with credits spanning from James Franco's early features to recent A24 and Netflix productions. She also served as an assistant to Franco on several of his films including Spring Breakers (2012), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and This Is the End (2013), and has made small on-screen appearances in As I Lay Dying (2013) and Child of God (2014). Her notable still photography credits include Love Lies Bleeding (2024) (Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian), Zola (2021) (Taylour Paige, Riley Keough), Things Heard & Seen (2021) (Amanda Seyfried, James Norton), Breaking News in Yuba County (2021) (Mila Kunis, Juliette Lewis), Swallow (2020) (Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell), Ma (2019) (Octavia Spencer, Judith Light), Zeroville (2019) (Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway), In Dubious Battle (2016) (Kieran Culkin, Michael Peña), and The Adderall Diaries (2016) (Mekhi Phifer, Michaela Watkins). On television she has photographed Pluribus (2025) (Rhea Seehorn, Karolina Wydra), Ransom Canyon (2025) (Minka Kelly, Josh Duhamel), Big Sky (2021–2023) (Keri Russell, Kayla Compton), and Flamin' Hot (2023) (Jesse Garcia, Annie Gonzalez).