Derek Wiesehahn is a New York based DP with over 30 years of experience in film and television. Director Of Photography credits have included the 2010 Academy Award winning documentary short film Music By Prudence, the 2013 Academy Award nominated documentary feature How To Survive A Plague, the 2013 Academy Award shortlisted documentary feature God Loves Uganda, the 2023 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Going To Mars and the 2018 Tribecca winner Notes From Dunblane . Derek has also received camera operating credits on the 2016 Oscar nominated documentary Life Animated and the 2011 Sundance winner, and Academy Award nominated documentary, Restrepo. Additional Sundance selected cinematography credits include Newtown, Trapped. Us Kids, Welcome to Chechnya, and Coded Bias.


Derek has also shot over 100 music videos, as well as numerous commercials and promos for such clients as HBO, Showtime, McDonalds, Adidas, Fedex, Haagan-dazs, Columbia Records, AOL, MTV, and Nickelodeon. His work has won several New York Festivals Awards as well as Addy and headliner awards. Narrative credits also include several feature films, and shorts, which have been well received at Sundance, the Tribeca Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.