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Alexander Witt
Actor, Director, Additional CreditsBorn April 10, 1952 (73 years)
Alexander B. Witt (born 1952) is a Chilean Hollywood filmmaker who has worked mostly as a camera operator and second unit director. His feature directorial debut came in 2004 with Resident Evil: Apocalypse, based on the popular Capcom video game series. Witt also became the 2nd unit director on the James Bond movie Casino Royale in 2006.
From a 2004 interview on IGN, he says this about his history: "I was born in Chile, the third generation of Germans there. And, we moved to Mexico, from Mexico in '73 I moved to Europe, where I started working in film. I started with Arriflex, the company that makes the cameras. I was there for a year and I did kind of a trainee type of year where I was in the sound department, in the lab, in the studio working with the actual productions and also assembling cameras. And then I moved to Europe, where I lived three years, and then, back in '76, I did my first movie as a camera assistant, which was 21 Hours at Munich. And then, I kept on going, I moved up to focus puller or first AC, and then operating and then DP-ing. And then I was DP-ing commercials and then I started directing commercials in the late 80's and beginning of [the] 90's. I was working with Jan and doing his second unit as a DP while he was a DP He is the one that really gave me the break on Speed 1 to start directing second unit."
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From a 2004 interview on IGN, he says this about his history: "I was born in Chile, the third generation of Germans there. And, we moved to Mexico, from Mexico in '73 I moved to Europe, where I started working in film. I started with Arriflex, the company that makes the cameras. I was there for a year and I did kind of a trainee type of year where I was in the sound department, in the lab, in the studio working with the actual productions and also assembling cameras. And then I moved to Europe, where I lived three years, and then, back in '76, I did my first movie as a camera assistant, which was 21 Hours at Munich. And then, I kept on going, I moved up to focus puller or first AC, and then operating and then DP-ing. And then I was DP-ing commercials and then I started directing commercials in the late 80's and beginning of [the] 90's. I was working with Jan and doing his second unit as a DP while he was a DP He is the one that really gave me the break on Speed 1 to start directing second unit."
Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Witt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Alexander Witt Filmography
| 2007 | Dead Write · as Dr. Wharton |
| 2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse · as Umbrella Sniper (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Inspector Gadget · as Wet, Green Businessman |
| 2016 | Spectre: Video Blogs · as Self |
| 2013 | Skyfall: Shooting Bond · as Self - Second Unit Director |
| 2006 | James Bond: For Real · as Self |
| 2004 | Game Over: 'Resident Evil' Reanimated · as Self |
| 2002 | Fifth Gear (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Ferrari · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2023 | Ferrari · as Second Unit Director |
| 2023 | Fast X · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2023 | Fast X · as Second Unit Director |
| 2021 | No Time to Die · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2021 | No Time to Die · as Second Unit Director |
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise · as Second Unit Director |
| 2018 | Bird Box · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2018 | Bird Box · as Second Unit Director |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War · as Second Unit Director |
| 2017 | First They Killed My Father · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Spectre · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Spectre · as Second Unit Director |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys · as Second Unit Director |
| 2015 | Cinderella · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Cinderella · as Second Unit Director |
| 2014 | Kick · as Director Of Photography |
| 2014 | Hercules · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2014 | Hercules · as Second Unit Director |
| 2012 | Skyfall · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | Skyfall · as Second Unit Director |
| 2012 | Safe House · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | Safe House · as Second Unit Director |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class · as Second Unit Director |
| 2011 | Fast Five · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2011 | Fast Five · as Second Unit Director |
| 2010 | The Town · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2010 | The Town · as Second Unit Director |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time · as Second Unit Director |
| 2010 | Robin Hood · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2010 | Robin Hood · as Second Unit Director |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 · as Second Unit Director |
| 2008 | Body of Lies · as Director Of Photography |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold · as Second Unit Director |
| 2007 | American Gangster · as Second Unit Director |
| 2006 | Casino Royale · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | Casino Royale · as Second Unit Director |
| 2006 | She's the Man · as Second Unit Director |
| 2005 | Aeon Flux · as Second Unit Director |
| 2004 | Hidalgo · as Second Unit Director |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl · as Second Unit Director |
| 2003 | The Italian Job · as Second Unit Director |
| 2003 | Daredevil · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2003 | Daredevil · as Second Unit Director |
| 2002 | xXx · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | xXx · as Second Unit Director |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity · as Second Unit Director |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down · as Second Unit Director |
| 2001 | Hannibal · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Hannibal · as Second Unit Director |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2000 | Gladiator · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2000 | Gladiator · as Second Unit Director |
| 1999 | Inspector Gadget · as Second Unit Director |
| 1999 | Forces of Nature · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | Forces of Nature · as Second Unit Director |
| 1997 | The Postman · as Second Unit Director |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control · as Second Unit Director |
| 1996 | Twister · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Twister · as Second Unit Director |
| 1995 | Money Train · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | Money Train · as Second Unit Director |
| 1995 | Just Cause · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1994 | Speed · as Second Unit Director |
| 1992 | Chaplin · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1989 | Always · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | The Jewel of the Nile · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | Night of Destiny · as Director Of Photography |