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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.

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2024
Sayen: The Huntress
Movie Director
2023
Ferrari
Movie Second Unit Director
2023
Sayen: Desert Road
Movie Director
2023
Fast X
Movie Second Unit Director
2023
Sayen
Movie Director
2021
No Time to Die
Movie Second Unit Director
2021
Jungle Cruise
Movie Second Unit Director
2018
Bird Box
Movie Second Unit Director
2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie Second Unit Director
2017
First They Killed My Father
Movie Second Unit Director of Photography
2015
Spectre
Movie Second Unit Director
2015
Terminator Genisys
Movie Second Unit Director
2015
Cinderella
Movie Second Unit Director
2014
Kick
Movie Director of Photography
2014
Hercules
Movie Second Unit Director
2012
Skyfall
Movie Second Unit Director

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2012
Safe House
Movie Second Unit Director of Photography
2011
X-Men: First Class
Movie Second Unit Director
2011
Fast Five
Movie Second Unit Director
2010
The Town
Movie Second Unit Director of Photography
2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Movie Second Unit Director of Photography
2010
Robin Hood
Movie Second Unit Director of Photography
2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Movie Second Unit Director of Photography
2008
James Bond in the Bahamas
Movie
2008
Body of Lies
Movie Director of Photography
2008
Fool's Gold
Movie Second Unit Director
2007
Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse
Movie Self
2007
American Gangster
Movie Second Unit Director
2006
James Bond: For Real
Movie Self
2006
Casino Royale
Movie Second Unit Director of Photography
2006
She's the Man
Movie Second Unit Director
2005
Æon Flux
Movie Second Unit Director
2004
Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated
Movie Self
2004
Undead Boot Camp
Movie Self
2004
Game Babes
Movie Self
2004
Corporate Malfeasance
Movie Self
2004
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Movie Umbrella Sniper (uncredited)
2004
Hidalgo
Movie Second Unit Director
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Movie Second Unit Director
2003
The Italian Job
Movie Second Unit Director