Alexander Witt
Biography
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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
Sayen: The Huntress
Director (Directing)
2024
Ferrari
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2023
Sayen: Desert Road
Director (Directing)
2023
Fast X
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2023
Sayen
Director (Directing)
2023
No Time to Die
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2021
Jungle Cruise
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2021
Bird Box
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2018
First They Killed My Father
Second Unit Director of Photography (Camera)
2017
Spectre
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2015
Terminator Genisys
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2015
Cinderella
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2015
Kick
Director of Photography (Camera)
2014
Hercules
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2014
Skyfall
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2012
Safe House
Second Unit Director of Photography (Camera)
2012
X-Men: First Class
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2011
Fast Five
Second Unit Director of Photography (Camera)
2011
The Town
Second Unit Director of Photography (Camera)
2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2010
Robin Hood
Second Unit Director of Photography (Camera)
2010
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Second Unit Director of Photography (Camera)
2009
James Bond in the Bahamas
2008
Body of Lies
Director of Photography (Camera)
2008
Fool's Gold
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2008
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
as Self
2007
American Gangster
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2007
James Bond: For Real
as Self
2006
Casino Royale
Second Unit Director of Photography (Camera)
2006
She's the Man
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2006
Æon Flux
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2005
Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated
as Self
2004
Game Babes
as Self
2004
Corporate Malfeasance
as Self
2004
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
as Umbrella Sniper (uncredited)
2004
Hidalgo
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2004
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2003
The Italian Job
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2003
Daredevil
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2003
xXx
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2002
The Bourne Identity
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2002
Black Hawk Down
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2001
Hannibal
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2001
Remember the Titans
Second Unit Director of Photography (Camera)
2000
Gladiator
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2000
Inspector Gadget
as Wet, Green Businessman
1999
Forces of Nature
Second Unit Director (Directing)
1999
The Postman
Second Unit Director (Directing)
1997
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Second Unit Director (Directing)
1997