Sandra Valde-Hansen, ASC, LPS was named one of Variety's 2019 Artisan Elite Up-Next, Valde-Hansen holds an MFA from the American Film Institute. Story is key when Sandra looks for projects to shoot. So she maneuvers through the feature film, television, and documentary world, lensing the series THE L WORD: GENERATION Q for Showtime, the feature PLAN B directed by Natalie Morales for Hulu, and the Showtime Documentary BURN MOTHERFUCKER BURN.

Collaborating with indie darling director Gregg Araki, Valde-Hansen lensed his STARZ TV Series NOW APOCALYPSE, as well as his last two Sundance features, KABOOM and WHITE BIRD IN BLIZZARD.

Valde-Hansen recently completed working with showrunner and New York Times Best Selling Author Jenny Han on her two tv series, XO, KITTY Season 1 for Netflix and THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY Season 2 & 3 for Amazon.

Much of Sandra's work concentrates on promoting diversity in front and behind the camera. She has committed that her work helps open up experiences of many diverse voices.

Valde-Hansen worked her way up through the camera department and was mentored by luminaries such as Stephen Lighthill, ASC, Alan Caso, ASC, Nancy Schreiber, ASC and Steven Poster, ASC.

Born in Miami, Florida, to a Filipino medical family. In 2022, she became a member of the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), and Lupon ng Pilipinong Sinematograpo (LPS - Filipino Cinematography Society), her lifelong goal. She is also a member of The Society of Camera Operators, The International Cinematographers Guild, the American Association of University Professors, and The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. When she is not shooting, she is a Cinematography Senior lecturer at the American Film Institute (AFI).