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Alexander Witt is a Actor, Director, Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography and Second Unit American born on 10 april 1952 at Santiago (Chili)
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 second unit director on the James Bond films Casino Royale in 2006 and Skyfall in 2012.
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 De Bont 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 to start directing second unit."
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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 De Bont 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 to start directing second unit."
Best films
(2018)(Second Unit Director)
(2012)(Second Unit Director)
(2015)(Second Unit Director)
(2003)(Second Unit Director)
(2011)(Second Unit Director)
(2006)(Second Unit Director)
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Filmography of Alexander Witt (44 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2015 | Spectre | Second Unit Director | |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Cinematographer | |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Cinematographer | |
| 2014 | Hercules | Second Unit Director | |
| 2014 | Kick | Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | Safe House | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Second Unit Director | |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | Second Unit Director | |
| 2011 | Fast Five | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Cinematographer | |
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2010 | The Town | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold | Second Unit Director | |
| 2008 | Body of Lies | Director of Photography | |
| 2007 | American Gangster | Second Unit Director | |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Cinematographer | |
| 2006 | She's the Man | Second Unit Director | |
| 2005 | Æon Flux | Second Unit Director | |
| 2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Actor, Director | Umbrella Sniper (uncredited) |
| 2004 | Hidalgo | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Cinematographer | |
| 2003 | The Italian Job | Second Unit Director | |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Cinematographer | |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Second Unit Director | |
| 2002 | Black Hawk Down | Second Unit Director | |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity | Second Unit Director, Second Unit | |
| 2002 | xXx | Second Unit Director | |
| 2001 | Hannibal | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Cinematographer | |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Cinematographer | |
| 1999 | Inspector Gadget | Actor | |
| 1999 | Forces of Nature | Second Unit Director | |
| 1997 | The Postman | Second Unit Director | |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Second Unit Director, Second Unit Cinematographer | |
| 1996 | Twister | Second Unit Director, Second Unit | |
| 1995 | Money Train | Second Unit Director | |
| 1994 | Speed | Second Unit Director | |
| 1991 | Thelma & Louise | Camera Operator | |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1989 | Black Rain | Camera Operator | |
| 1979 | The Third Generation | Assistant Camera |