Auf der Maur is also a photographer and occasional actress. Her photographs have been included in "National Geographic" and exhibited at Sotheby's. She has acted in "How to Make the Cruelest Month" (1998), "Beyond Borders" (2003) and "Collaborator" (2011). As part of her 2009 multidisciplinary project "Out of Our Minds"—which produced an album, a single, a film and a comic book—Auf der Maur acted as a film and record producer, working alongside her husband and filmmaker Tony Stone. Stone and Auf der Maur are the creative directors and owners of Basilica Hudson, an arts and performance center in Hudson, New York.