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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Santiago, Chile

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Movie Involvements: 67

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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.

Most Famous Work

Fast X
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7

Fast X

(2023) Second Unit Director
Avengers: Infinity War
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8

Avengers: Infinity War

(2018) Second Unit Director
Sayen
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6

Sayen

(2023) Director
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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8
Cinderella
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7

Cinderella

(2015) Second Unit Director
No Time to Die
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7

No Time to Die

(2021) Second Unit Director
Terminator Genisys
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6

Terminator Genisys

(2015) Second Unit Director
Jungle Cruise
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7

Jungle Cruise

(2021) Second Unit Director

Acting

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Second Unit Director of Photography
2018 Second Unit Director of Photography
2015 Second Unit Director of Photography
Second Unit Director of Photography
2014 Director of Photography
2012 Second Unit Director of Photography
2011 Second Unit Director of Photography
2010 Second Unit Director of Photography
Second Unit Director of Photography
Second Unit Director of Photography
2009 Second Unit Director of Photography
2008 Director of Photography
2006 Second Unit Director of Photography
2003 Second Unit Director of Photography
2001 Second Unit Director of Photography
2000 Second Unit Director of Photography
1991 Camera Operator
1990 Second Unit Director of Photography
1989 Camera Operator
1981 Director of Photography
1979 Assistant Camera
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Second Unit Director
Director
2021 Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
2018 Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
2015 Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
2014 Second Unit Director
2012 Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
2011 Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
2010 Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
2009 Second Unit Director
2008 Second Unit Director
2007 Second Unit Director
2006 Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
2005 Second Unit Director
2004 Director
Second Unit Director
2003 Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
2002 Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
2001 Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
2000 Second Unit Director
1999 Second Unit Director
1997 Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
1996 Second Unit Director
1995 Second Unit Director
1994 Second Unit Director
Director
Director
Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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