Alexander Witt
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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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Witt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieFerrari
2023
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieFast X
2023
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieNo Time to Die
2021
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieJungle Cruise
2021
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieBird Box
2018
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieAvengers: Infinity War
2018
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieFirst They Killed My Father
2017
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieSpectre
2015
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieTerminator Genisys
2015
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieCinderella
2015
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieKick
2014
Director of Photography
movieHercules
2014
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieSkyfall
2012
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieSafe House
2012
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieX-Men: First Class
2011
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieFast Five
2011
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieThe Town
2010
Second Unit Director of Photography
moviePrince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieRobin Hood
2010
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieThe Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieBody of Lies
2008
Director of Photography
movieCasino Royale
2006
Second Unit Director of Photography
moviePirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieDaredevil
2003
Second Unit Director of Photography
moviexXx
2002
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieThe Bourne Identity
2002
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieHannibal
2001
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieRemember the Titans
2000
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieGladiator
2000
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieForces of Nature
1999
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieSpeed 2: Cruise Control
1997
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieTwister
1996
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieMoney Train
1995
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieUnder Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995
Additional Photography
movieJust Cause
1995
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieShort Cuts
1993
Camera Operator
movieChaplin
1992
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieLethal Weapon 3
1992
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieThelma & Louise
1991
Camera Operator
movieThe Hunt for Red October
1990
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieAlways
1989
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieBlack Rain
1989
Camera Operator
movieThe Boost
1988
Camera Operator
movieWho's That Girl
1987
Camera Operator
movieThe Boss' Wife
1986
Camera Operator
movieThe Jewel of the Nile
1985
Second Unit Director of Photography
moviePope John Paul II
1984
"B" Camera Operator
movieCujo
1983
First Assistant Camera
movieSlapstick of Another Kind
1982
Camera Operator
movieNight of Destiny
1981
Director of Photography
movieThe Third Generation
1979
Assistant Camera
Directing44
movieSayen: The Huntress
2024
Director
movieFerrari
2023
Second Unit Director
movieSayen: Desert Road
2023
Director
movieFast X
2023
Second Unit Director
movieSayen
2023
Director
movieNo Time to Die
2021
Second Unit Director
movieJungle Cruise
2021
Second Unit Director
movieBird Box
2018
Second Unit Director
movieAvengers: Infinity War
2018
Second Unit Director
movieSpectre
2015
Second Unit Director
movieTerminator Genisys
2015
Second Unit Director
movieCinderella
2015
Second Unit Director
movieHercules
2014
Second Unit Director
movieSkyfall
2012
Second Unit Director
movieSafe House
2012
Second Unit Director
movieX-Men: First Class
2011
Second Unit Director
movieFast Five
2011
Second Unit Director
movieThe Town
2010
Second Unit Director
moviePrince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
Second Unit Director
movieRobin Hood
2010
Second Unit Director
movieThe Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
Second Unit Director
movieFool's Gold
2008
Second Unit Director
movieAmerican Gangster
2007
Second Unit Director
movieCasino Royale
2006
Second Unit Director
movieShe's the Man
2006
Second Unit Director
movieÆon Flux
2005
Second Unit Director
movieHidalgo
2004
Second Unit Director
moviePirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
Second Unit Director
movieThe Italian Job
2003
Second Unit Director
movieDaredevil
2003
Second Unit Director
moviexXx
2002
Second Unit Director
movieThe Bourne Identity
2002
Second Unit Director
movieBlack Hawk Down
2001
Second Unit Director
movieHannibal
2001
Second Unit Director
movieGladiator
2000
Second Unit Director
movieInspector Gadget
1999
Second Unit Director
movieForces of Nature
1999
Second Unit Director
movieThe Postman
1997
Second Unit Director
movieSpeed 2: Cruise Control
1997
Second Unit Director
movieTwister
1996
Second Unit Director
movieMoney Train
1995
Second Unit Director
movieSpeed
1994
Second Unit Director
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movieResident Evil: Apocalypse
2004
Umbrella Sniper (uncredited)
movieInspector Gadget
1999
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