Alexander Witt
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- April 10, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Santiago, Chile
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.
Known For
Filmography
Fast X
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Ferrari
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Jungle Cruise
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
No Time to Die
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Bird Box
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
First They Killed My Father
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Cinderella
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Terminator Genisys
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Spectre
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Kick
Movie · Director of Photography
Hercules
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Safe House
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Skyfall
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Fast Five
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
X-Men: First Class
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
The Town
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Robin Hood
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Body of Lies
Movie · Director of Photography
Casino Royale
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Daredevil
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
The Bourne Identity
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
xXx
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Hannibal
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Gladiator
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Remember the Titans
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Forces of Nature
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Twister
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Just Cause
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Movie · Additional Photography
Money Train
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Short Cuts
Movie · Camera Operator
Lethal Weapon 3
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Chaplin
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Thelma & Louise
Movie · Camera Operator
The Hunt for Red October
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Black Rain
Movie · Camera Operator
Always
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
The Boost
Movie · Camera Operator
Who's That Girl
Movie · Camera Operator
The Boss' Wife
Movie · Camera Operator
The Jewel of the Nile
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Pope John Paul II
Movie · "B" Camera Operator
Cujo
Movie · First Assistant Camera
Slapstick of Another Kind
Movie · Camera Operator
Night of Destiny
Movie · Director of Photography
The Third Generation
Movie · Assistant Camera