Known For
Camera
Known Credits
9
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 10, 1952 (74 years old)
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."
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| 2024 | Sayen: The Huntress...Director | |
| 2023 | Ferrari...Second Unit Director | |
| 2023 | Sayen: Desert Road...Director | |
| 2023 | Fast X...Second Unit Director | |
| 2023 | Sayen...Director | |
| 2021 | No Time to Die...Second Unit Director | |
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise...Second Unit Director | |
| 2018 | Bird Box...Second Unit Director | |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War...Second Unit Director | |
| 2015 | Spectre...Second Unit Director | |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys...Second Unit Director | |
| 2015 | Cinderella...Second Unit Director | |
| 2014 | Hercules...Second Unit Director | |
| 2012 | Skyfall...Second Unit Director | |
| 2012 | Safe House...Second Unit Director | |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class...Second Unit Director | |
| 2011 | Fast Five...Second Unit Director | |
| 2010 | The Town...Second Unit Director | |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time...Second Unit Director | |
| 2010 | Robin Hood...Second Unit Director | |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3...Second Unit Director | |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold...Second Unit Director | |
| 2007 | American Gangster...Second Unit Director | |
| 2006 | Casino Royale...Second Unit Director | |
| 2006 | She's the Man...Second Unit Director | |
| 2005 | Æon Flux...Second Unit Director | |
| 2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse...Director | |
| 2004 | Hidalgo...Second Unit Director | |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl...Second Unit Director | |
| 2003 | The Italian Job...Second Unit Director | |
| 2003 | Daredevil...Second Unit Director | |
| 2002 | xXx...Second Unit Director | |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity...Second Unit Director | |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down...Second Unit Director | |
| 2001 | Hannibal...Second Unit Director | |
| 2000 | Gladiator...Second Unit Director | |
| 1999 | Inspector Gadget...Second Unit Director | |
| 1999 | Forces of Nature...Second Unit Director | |
| 1997 | The Postman...Second Unit Director | |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control...Second Unit Director | |
| 1996 | Twister...Second Unit Director | |
| 1995 | Money Train...Second Unit Director | |
| 1994 | Speed...Second Unit Director | |
| Feathering the Wind...Director |
| 2023 | Ferrari...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2023 | Fast X...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2021 | No Time to Die...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2018 | Bird Box...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2017 | First They Killed My Father...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2015 | Spectre...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2015 | Cinderella...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2014 | Kick...Director of Photography | |
| 2014 | Hercules...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | Skyfall...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | Safe House...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2011 | Fast Five...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2010 | The Town...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2010 | Robin Hood...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2008 | Body of Lies...Director of Photography | |
| 2006 | Casino Royale...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2003 | Daredevil...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2002 | xXx...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2001 | Hannibal...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2000 | Gladiator...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1999 | Forces of Nature...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1996 | Twister...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1995 | Money Train...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1995 | Under Siege 2: Dark Territory...Additional Photography | |
| 1995 | Just Cause...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1993 | Short Cuts...Camera Operator | |
| 1992 | Chaplin...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1992 | Lethal Weapon 3...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1991 | Thelma & Louise...Camera Operator | |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1989 | Always...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1989 | Black Rain...Camera Operator | |
| 1988 | The Boost...Camera Operator | |
| 1987 | Who's That Girl...Camera Operator | |
| 1986 | The Boss' Wife...Camera Operator | |
| 1985 | The Jewel of the Nile...Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1984 | Pope John Paul II..."B" Camera Operator | |
| 1983 | Cujo...First Assistant Camera | |
| 1982 | Slapstick of Another Kind...Camera Operator | |
| 1981 | Night of Destiny...Director of Photography | |
| 1979 | The Third Generation...Assistant Camera |
| 2008 | James Bond in the Bahamasas | |
| 2007 | Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypseas Self | |
| 2006 | James Bond: For Realas Self | |
| 2004 | Undead Boot Campas Self | |
| 2004 | Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimatedas Self | |
| 2004 | Game Babesas Self | |
| 2004 | Corporate Malfeasanceas Self | |
| 2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypseas Umbrella Sniper (uncredited) | |
| 1999 | Inspector Gadgetas Wet, Green Businessman |