Alexander Witt

Alexander Witt

Born: April 10, 1952
in Santiago, Chile
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."

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Movies for Alexander Witt...

James Bond in the Bahamas
Title: James Bond in the Bahamas
Released: October 21, 2008
Type: Movie
A documentary about James Bond in the Bahamas.
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James Bond: For Real
Title: James Bond: For Real
Character: Self
Released: November 22, 2006
Type: Movie
The stunts and action set pieces for the the 2006 James Bond adventure 'Casino Royale'.
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Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated
Title: Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated
Character: Self
Released: December 28, 2004
Type: Movie
Resident Evil: Apocalypse featurette.
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Game Babes
Title: Game Babes
Character: Self
Released: December 24, 2004
Type: Movie
Resident Evil: Apocalypse featurette.
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Title: Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Character: Umbrella Sniper (uncredited)
Released: September 10, 2004
Type: Movie
As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.