Alexander Witt

About

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...

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Avengers: Infinity WarMovie • 2018GladiatorMovie • 2000Fast XMovie • 2023Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlMovie • 2003CinderellaMovie • 2015No Time to DieMovie • 2021Terminator GenisysMovie • 2015The Italian JobMovie • 2003Casino RoyaleMovie • 2006SpectreMovie • 2015Black Hawk DownMovie • 2001American GangsterMovie • 2007xXxMovie • 2002The Bourne IdentityMovie • 2002Jungle CruiseMovie • 2021SkyfallMovie • 2012Safe HouseMovie • 2012HerculesMovie • 2014The Hunt for Red OctoberMovie • 1990The TownMovie • 2010SpeedMovie • 1994TwisterMovie • 1996Bird BoxMovie • 2018Robin HoodMovie • 2010