Camera

Alexander Witt

Profession: Camera
Born: April 10, 1952 · 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

Avengers: Infinity War

Film · 2018 · ★ 8.2

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Filmography

2024 Sayen: The Huntress · Director
2023 Ferrari · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2023 Sayen: Desert Road · Director
2023 Fast X · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2023 Sayen · Director
2021 No Time to Die · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2021 Jungle Cruise · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2018 Bird Box · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2018 Avengers: Infinity War · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2017 First They Killed My Father · Second Unit Director of Photography
2015 Spectre · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2015 Terminator Genisys · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2015 Cinderella · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2014 Kick · Cinematography
2014 Hercules · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2012 Skyfall · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2012 Safe House · Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director
2011 X-Men: First Class · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2011 Fast Five · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2010 The Town · Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director
2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time · Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director
2010 Robin Hood · Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director
2009 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 · Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director
2008 James Bond in the Bahamas
2008 Body of Lies · Cinematography
2008 Fool's Gold · Second Unit Director
2007 Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse · Self
2007 American Gangster · Second Unit Director
2006 James Bond: For Real · Self
2006 Casino Royale · Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director
2006 She's the Man · Second Unit Director
2005 Æon Flux · Second Unit Director
2004 Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated · Self
2004 Undead Boot Camp · Self
2004 Game Babes · Self
2004 Corporate Malfeasance · Self
2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse · Umbrella Sniper (uncredited), Director
2004 Hidalgo · Second Unit Director
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2003 The Italian Job · Second Unit Director
2003 Daredevil · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2002 xXx · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2002 The Bourne Identity · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2001 Black Hawk Down · Second Unit Director
2001 Hannibal · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
2000 Remember the Titans · Second Unit Director of Photography
2000 Gladiator · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
1999 Inspector Gadget · Wet, Green Businessman, Second Unit Director
1999 Forces of Nature · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
1997 The Postman · Second Unit Director
1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
1996 Twister · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
1995 Money Train · Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
1995 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory · Additional Photography
1995 Just Cause · Second Unit Director of Photography
1994 Speed · Second Unit Director
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 · Cinematography
1979 The Third Generation · Assistant Camera
— Feathering the Wind · Director