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Derek Wimble

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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Derek Wimble is known for The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) and The Other Guys (2010).
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    Known for

    Denzel Washington in The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
    The Manchurian Candidate
    6.6
    • Additional Crew
    • 2004
    John Travolta and Denzel Washington in The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
    The Taking of Pelham 123
    6.4
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2009
    Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell in The Other Guys (2010)
    The Other Guys
    6.7
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2010
    Angelina Jolie in Salt (2010)
    Salt
    6.5
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2010

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Invitation to a Bonfire
      • first assistant director
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2023
    • The Mastermind
      • second assistant director
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Charlie Cox in Daredevil: Born Again (2025)
      Daredevil: Born Again
      8.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director: shadow unit, Very Ape Productions
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan in The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023)
      The Walking Dead: Dead City
      7.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Derek R. Wimble)
      • 2023
    • Michael Weatherly in The Necklace (2016)
      Bull
      7.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2020–2022
    • Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, and Archie Yates in Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
      Home Sweet Home Alone
      3.6
      • first assistant director: additional photography
      • 2021
    • Blindspot (2015)
      Blindspot
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second assistant director
      • 2016–2020
    • Jack Cutmore-Scott in Deception (2018)
      Deception
      7.4
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2018
    • Emily Blunt in The Girl on the Train (2016)
      The Girl on the Train
      6.5
      • second assistant director
      • 2016
    • Jennifer Carpenter and Jake McDorman in Limitless (2015)
      Limitless
      7.6
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2015
    • Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in The Intern (2015)
      The Intern
      7.1
      • second assistant director
      • 2015
    • Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys in The Americans (2013)
      The Americans
      8.4
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2015
    • Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, and Quvenzhané Wallis in Annie (2014)
      Annie
      5.4
      • second assistant director
      • 2014
    • Julianne Moore in Still Alice (2014)
      Still Alice
      7.5
      • second assistant director
      • 2014
    • Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, and Kate Upton in The Other Woman (2014)
      The Other Woman
      6.0
      • second assistant director
      • 2014
    • Colin Farrell and Jessica Brown Findlay in Winter's Tale (2014)
      Winter's Tale
      6.1
      • second assistant director
      • 2014
    • The Last Keepers (2013)
      The Last Keepers
      5.5
      • second assistant director
      • 2013

    Additional Crew

    • August Rush (2007)
      August Rush
      7.4
      • staff assistant
      • 2007
    • Across the Universe (2007)
      Across the Universe
      7.3
      • production assistant
      • 2007
    • Kal Penn in The Namesake (2006)
      The Namesake
      7.5
      • set production assistant
      • 2006
    • Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, and Bryan Greenberg in Prime (2005)
      Prime
      6.2
      • set production assistant
      • 2005
    • Denzel Washington in The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
      The Manchurian Candidate
      6.6
      • set production assistant
      • 2004
    • Lorraine Bracco, James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Steven Van Zandt, Dominic Chianese, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, and Aida Turturro in The Sopranos (1999)
      The Sopranos
      9.2
      TV Series
      • set production assistant
      • 2004
    • Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
      Mona Lisa Smile
      6.6
      • set production assistant
      • 2003
    • Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal in Analyze That (2002)
      Analyze That
      5.9
      • production aide
      • 2002
    • Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, and Dennis Haysbert in Far from Heaven (2002)
      Far from Heaven
      7.3
      • set production assistant
      • 2002
    • Hysterical Blindness (2002)
      Hysterical Blindness
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • set production assistant
      • 2002
    • Bill Murray, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Jonah Meyerson, and Grant Rosenmeyer in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
      The Royal Tenenbaums
      7.6
      • production assistant (as Derek R. Wimble)
      • 2001
    • Ben Stiller in Zoolander (2001)
      Zoolander
      6.5
      • production assistant
      • 2001
    • The Business of Strangers (2001)
      The Business of Strangers
      6.3
      • set production assistant
      • 2001
    • Strangers with Candy (1999)
      Strangers with Candy
      8.1
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 1999–2000

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      • Derek Wimbel

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