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Sandra Valde-Hansen
Producer, Additional Credits
Sandra Valde-Hansen is an accomplished Filipina-American cinematographer working across feature films, television, and documentary. Named one of Variety’s “Artisan Elite: Up Next,” she holds an MFA from the American Film Institute, where she now serves as a Senior Lecturer in Cinematography.
Her notable credits include the series, The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime), the feature, Plan B (Hulu), and the documentary Burn Motherf**er, Burn* (Showtime). A longtime collaborator of acclaimed indie filmmaker Gregg Araki, she lensed his STARZ series Now Apocalypse and Sundance features Kaboom and White Bird in a Blizzard. Most recently, she served as cinematographer on XO, Kitty (Netflix), and Seasons 2 and 3 of The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video), created by New York Times bestselling author/showrunner Jenny Han.
Valde-Hansen achieved a longtime personal milestone in 2022 when she was invited to join the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). She is also a proud member of the Philippines’ Cinematography society, Lupon ng Pilipinong Sinematograpo (LPS), the Society of Camera Operators, the International Cinematographers Guild, the Television Academy, and the American Association of University Professors.
Her notable credits include the series, The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime), the feature, Plan B (Hulu), and the documentary Burn Motherf**er, Burn* (Showtime). A longtime collaborator of acclaimed indie filmmaker Gregg Araki, she lensed his STARZ series Now Apocalypse and Sundance features Kaboom and White Bird in a Blizzard. Most recently, she served as cinematographer on XO, Kitty (Netflix), and Seasons 2 and 3 of The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video), created by New York Times bestselling author/showrunner Jenny Han.
Valde-Hansen achieved a longtime personal milestone in 2022 when she was invited to join the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). She is also a proud member of the Philippines’ Cinematography society, Lupon ng Pilipinong Sinematograpo (LPS), the Society of Camera Operators, the International Cinematographers Guild, the Television Academy, and the American Association of University Professors.
Sandra Valde-Hansen Filmography
| 2019 | Bad Impulse · as Co-Producer |
| 2015 | Beyond Paradise · as Associate Producer |
| 2025 | Clean Slate (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2024 | Will I See You Again? · as Cinematographer |
| 2023 | XO, Kitty (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography |
| 2022 | The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2021 | With Love (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2021 | Plan B · as Director Of Photography |
| 2020 | For the Love of Rutland · as Cinematographer |
| 2019 | The L Word: Generation Q (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2019 | Bad Impulse · as Director Of Photography |
| 2019 | Crossing · as Cinematographer |
| 2019 | Now Apocalypse (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2018 | After Everything · as Director Of Photography |
| 2018 | Social Animals · as Cinematographer |
| 2018 | Desolation Center · as Cinematographer |
| 2017 | Redneck Muslim · as Cinematographer |
| 2017 | Manic · as Cinematographer |
| 2017 | Burn Motherfucker, Burn! · as Cinematographer |
| 2016 | Seattle Road · as Director Of Photography |
| 2016 | Love Is All You Need? · as Cinematographer |
| 2015 | Beyond Paradise · as Cinematographer |
| 2014 | White Bird in a Blizzard · as Director Of Photography |
| 2014 | Girltrash: All Night Long · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | Love Is All You Need? · as Cinematographer |
| 2012 | Christmas in Compton · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | Hello Herman · as Cinematographer |
| 2012 | Tales of Masked Men · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | Finding Ms. Right · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | Without a Mom · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | Fly Away · as Director Of Photography |
| 2011 | The Back-up Bride · as Cinematographer |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Triple Standard · as Cinematographer |
| 2009 | Acts of Mercy · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | An Evening with Ivan Gorsky · as Cinematographer |