Anna Auster

Editor and producer

Anna Auster is a New York based documentary film editor. Over her 20 plus year career, she has worked with several award-winning filmmakers on projects for Netflix, PBS, Showtime, National Geographic, and Discovery. She recently made her directorial debut with the short documentary Holky: The Steven Holcomb Story. Anna was born in Aspen, Colorado.

What are Anna Auster's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight

Society

37%

Survival

18%

Self

17%

Bonds

10%

Power

7%

Ideas

6%

Morality

5%

Community4 Identity4 Prejudice2 Tradition vs change2 Family bonds2 Survival2 Justice2 Trauma2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative

7

Tense

6

Dread

3

Melancholic

2

Hopeful

3

Other

2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 Haunting4 Infuriating3 Hopeful3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Bittersweet4
Ambiguous5
Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Anna Auster's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

PBS Documentaries1 title, show their title on PBS Documentaries
True Royalty1 title, show their title on True Royalty

Subscription and free streaming for Anna Auster's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

10 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

Katrina: Come Hell and High Water(2025)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror(2024)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Born in Synanon(2023)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein(2023)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Take Care of Maya(2023)
Editor
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Harry & Meghan(2022)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows
Mysteries of Mental Illness(2021)
Show Editor · Producer
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
(Un)Well(2020)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Why We Hate(2019)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
This Is Life with Lisa Ling(2014)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Across their 10 MovieCove titles from 2014 to 2025.

Highest rated

Take Care of Maya (2023)

Midcredits 97^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Producing1 of 10Editing10 of 10 · 52^nd

By decade

2010s2 · crew2020s8 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Anna Auster work with?

People who share at least 2 of Anna Auster's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter Hutchens shares the most, 4.