Face to Face with Jeff Goodman: Christian Wehrle, the filmmaker behind Hidden Worlds

Published 3 weeks agoon June 18, 2026

In this exclusive video for Scubaverse.com, Jeff Goodman sits down with Christian Wehrle, underwater cinematographer and creator of Hidden Worlds—a documentary that explores deep wrecks, caves, and remote underwater environments—offers a firsthand look at the challenges of filming in conditions where the dive always comes first.

Christian Wehrle is a filmmaker and underwater cinematographer, and the founder of WEHRLE FILMS, an independent documentary production company dedicated to uncovering real stories beneath the surface. With a strong background in technical and rebreather diving, Christian works directly within the environments he documents—capturing everything from historic World War II shipwrecks to remote reefs, deep caves, and fragile underwater ecosystems. His work is defined by a cinematic yet authentic approach, focusing on natural storytelling without sensationalism. Through internationally released productions on major streaming platforms, Christian brings rarely seen underwater worlds to a global audience, guided by a simple philosophy: powerful stories are best told through patience, presence, and images that speak for themselves.

Hidden Worlds is currently available on Amazon Prime Video in selected regions, and worldwide via direct streaming in full 4K with extended subtitles.

For Scubaverse readers, the film is also available in 4k and with a 25% discount via the following link using the code SCUBAVERSE: https://wehrlefilms.gumroad.com/l/hiddenworlds

Jeff Goodman

Jeff is a multiple award winning, freelance TV cameraman/film maker and author. Having made both terrestrial and marine films, it is the world's oceans and their conservation that hold his passion with over 10.000 dives in his career. Having filmed for international television companies around the world and author of two books on underwater filming, Jeff is Author/Programme Specialist for the 'Underwater Action Camera' course for the RAID training agency. Jeff has experienced the rapid advances in technology for diving as well as camera equipment and has also experienced much of our planet’s marine life, witnessing, first hand, many of the changes that have occurred to the wildlife and environment during that time. Jeff runs bespoke underwater video and editing workshops for the complete beginner up to the budding professional.