Alexander Witt

Alexander Witt

Known For: Camera

Date Of Birth:1952-04-10

Place Of Birth:Santiago, Chile

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.

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Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Body of Lies
Gladiator
Black Rain
Speed
Cinderella
Cinderella
Sayen: La cazadora
Sayen
Sayen: La ruta seca
The Hunt for Red October
Ferrari
Die Nacht des Schicksals
She's the Man
Thelma & Louise
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
The Town
Robin Hood
Safe House
Hercules
Terminator Genisys
Avengers: Infinity War
Jungle Cruise
X-Men: First Class
Fast X
Spectre
Skyfall
No Time to Die
Forces of Nature
Hannibal
The Town
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Robin Hood
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Safe House
The Italian Job
Money Train
The Postman
Æon Flux
Fool's Gold
xXx
Daredevil
Daredevil
Terminator Genisys
Hannibal
Gladiator
Fast X
American Gangster
Fast Five
Fast Five
Inspector Gadget
The Bourne Identity
Black Hawk Down
Bird Box
Hidalgo
Twister
Kick
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Die dritte Generation
Avengers: Infinity War
Casino Royale
Casino Royale
The Boss' Wife
The Jewel of the Nile
Ferrari
First They Killed My Father
Who's That Girl
The Boost
Always
Lethal Weapon 3
Chaplin
Just Cause
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Money Train
Twister
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Forces of Nature
Remember the Titans
The Bourne Identity
xXx
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
X-Men: First Class
Skyfall
Hercules
Bird Box
Jungle Cruise
No Time to Die
Spectre
Slapstick of Another Kind
Cujo
Pope John Paul II
Short Cuts