Alexander Witt

Alexander Witt

1952-04-10 Santiago, Chile 73 Credits

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...

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Sayen: The Huntress

Sayen: The Huntress

2024

Director

5.9
Directing

Realizing that she cannot take down Fisk alone, Sayen teams up with an underground resistance group with a plan to expose and end Fisk's unchecked plu...

Ferrari

Ferrari

2023

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

6.4
Directing

Set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing...

Sayen: Desert Road

Sayen: Desert Road

2023

Director

6.3
Directing

Sayen follows a lead to the picturesque desolation of the Atacama Desert. There, she reluctantly teams up with a young Atacameño girl, Quimal, looking...

Fast X

Fast X

2023

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

7.0
Directing

Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, the...

Sayen

Sayen

2023

Director

6.1
Directing

Sayen is hunting down the men who murdered her grandmother. Using her training and knowledge of nature, she is able to turn the tables on them, learni...

No Time to Die

No Time to Die

2021

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

7.4
Directing

Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns ...

Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise

2021

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

7.3
Directing

Dr. Lily Houghton enlists the aid of wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff to take her down the Amazon in his dilapidated boat. Together, they search for a...

Bird Box

Bird Box

2018

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

6.8
Directing

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War

2018

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

8.2
Directing

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from ...

First They Killed My Father

First They Killed My Father

2017

Second Unit Director of Photography

7.4
Directing

A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

Spectre

Spectre

2015

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

6.6
Directing

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret servic...

Terminator Genisys

Terminator Genisys

2015

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

5.9
Directing

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unkn...

Cinderella

Cinderella

2015

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

6.8
Directing

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, ...

Kick

Kick

2014

Director of Photography

5.7
Directing

An adrenaline junkie walks away from a whirlwind romance and embraces a new life as a thief, though he soon finds himself pursued by veteran police of...

Hercules

Hercules

2014

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

5.8
Directing

When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.

Skyfall

Skyfall

2012

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

7.2
Directing

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to he...

Safe House

Safe House

2012

Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director

6.5
Directing

A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative esc...

X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

2011

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

7.3
Directing

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. B...

Fast Five

Fast Five

2011

Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director

7.2
Directing

Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they...

The Town

The Town

2010

Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director

7.2
Directing

Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the grou...

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2010

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

6.3
Directing

A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable ...

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

2010

Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director

6.4
Directing

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Rober...

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

2009

Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director

6.4
Directing

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatche...

James Bond in the Bahamas

2008

Acting

A documentary about James Bond in the Bahamas.

Body of Lies

Body of Lies

2008

Director of Photography

6.6
Directing

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, sc...

Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold

2008

Second Unit Director

5.8
Directing

Treasure hunter Ben "Finn" Finnegan has sunk his marriage to Tess and his trusty boat in his obsessive quest to find the legendary Queen's Dowry. When...

Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse

2007

as Self

4.5
Acting

The making of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse."

American Gangster

American Gangster

2007

Second Unit Director

7.6
Directing

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American...

James Bond: For Real

James Bond: For Real

2006

as Self

7.7
Acting

The stunts and action set pieces for the the 2006 James Bond adventure 'Casino Royale'.

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

2006

Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director

7.6
Directing

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his win...

She's the Man

She's the Man

2006

Second Unit Director

6.8
Directing

Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school...

Æon Flux

Æon Flux

2005

Second Unit Director

5.6
Directing

400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scient...

Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated

Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated

2004

as Self

5.1
Acting

Resident Evil: Apocalypse featurette.

Game Babes

Game Babes

2004

as Self

6.0
Acting

Resident Evil: Apocalypse featurette.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

2004

as Umbrella Sniper (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

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 tur...

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

2004

Director

6.4
Directing

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 tur...

Hidalgo

Hidalgo

2004

Second Unit Director

6.9
Directing

Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive c...

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

7.8
Directing

After Port Royal is attacked and pillaged by a mysterious pirate crew, capturing the governor's daughter Elizabeth Swann in the process, William Turne...

The Italian Job

The Italian Job

2003

Second Unit Director

6.8
Directing

Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safe...

Daredevil

Daredevil

2003

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

5.3
Directing

A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.

xXx

xXx

2002

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

5.9
Directing

Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not e...

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity

2002

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

7.5
Directing

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank accoun...

Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down

2001

Second Unit Director

7.4
Directing

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and ...

Hannibal

Hannibal

2001

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

6.8
Directing

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again wh...

Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans

2000

Second Unit Director of Photography

7.6
Directing

After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different ...

Gladiator

Gladiator

2000

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

8.2
Directing

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred....

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget

1999

as Wet, Green Businessman

4.5
Acting

John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a labo...

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget

1999

Second Unit Director

4.5
Directing

John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a labo...

Forces of Nature

Forces of Nature

1999

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

5.5
Directing

Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. He just barely catches the last plane, but a seagul...

The Postman

The Postman

1997

Second Unit Director

6.3
Directing

In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this ...

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Speed 2: Cruise Control

1997

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

4.6
Directing

A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of ...

Twister

Twister

1996

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

6.5
Directing

An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaki...

Money Train

Money Train

1995

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography

5.8
Directing

When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

1995

Additional Photography

5.8

A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to ...

Just Cause

Just Cause

1995

Second Unit Director of Photography

6.2
Directing

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific...

Speed

Speed

1994

Second Unit Director

7.1
Directing

Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they...

Short Cuts

Short Cuts

1993

Camera Operator

7.2

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo...

Chaplin

Chaplin

1992

Second Unit Director of Photography

7.4
Directing

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent per...

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3

1992

Second Unit Director of Photography

6.7
Directing

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition t...

Thelma & Louise

Thelma & Louise

1991

Camera Operator

7.6

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumsta...

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

1990

Second Unit Director of Photography

7.4
Directing

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The Ameri...

Always

Always

1989

Second Unit Director of Photography

6.3
Directing

The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.

Black Rain

Black Rain

1989

Camera Operator

6.6

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to es...

The Boost

The Boost

1988

Camera Operator

5.5

Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds him...

Who's That Girl

Who's That Girl

1987

Camera Operator

5.5

An uptight New York tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down, all in a single day, when he's asked to escort a feisty and free-spirited female ex-c...

The Boss' Wife

The Boss' Wife

1986

Camera Operator

4.9

Daniel Stern stars as a stockbroker trying to climb the corporate ladder. There's only one thing stopping him...his boss' beautiful and flirtatious wi...

The Jewel of the Nile

The Jewel of the Nile

1985

Second Unit Director of Photography

6.2
Directing

Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who...

Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

1984

"B" Camera Operator

6.9

Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 197...

Cujo

Cujo

1983

First Assistant Camera

6.2

A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

Slapstick of Another Kind

Slapstick of Another Kind

1982

Camera Operator

2.7

A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.

Night of Destiny

Night of Destiny

1981

Director of Photography

Directing

A full moon night in a godforsaken region somewhere between Fulda and the Carpathians: On a lonely country road, opera diva Alma Meyer-Efeu and her pi...

The Third Generation

The Third Generation

1979

Assistant Camera

6.1

A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which ...

Feathering the Wind

N/A

Director

Directing