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Alexander B. Witt (born 1952) is a Chilean-American filmmaker and cinematographer mostly known for his work as a camera operator and second unit director, including regular collaborations with director Ridley Scott.

Alexander Witt
Witt in 2016
Born	(1952-04-10) April 10, 1952 (age 70) Santiago, Chile
Occupation	Film director and cinematographer

Life & career

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 de Bont 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 to start directing second unit."[1]

Witt works mostly as a second unit director and cinematographer and has worked on a plethora of films ranging from Gladiator to Cinderella. He is a frequent collaborator of director Ridley Scott, and served as the director of photography on his 2007 film Body of Lies. He made his directorial debut in 2004 with the video game adaptation Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Witt also served as the second unit director on the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2020).

Filmography

As second unit director

Year	Title	Notes
1994	Speed
1995	Money Train	Also second unit DP, New York
1996	Twister	Also second unit DP
1997	Speed 2: Cruise Control
	The Postman
1998	The X-Files	Also second unit DP, Creature unit
1999	Forces of Nature	Also second unit DP
	Inspector Gadget	Also second unit DP (uncredited)
2000	Gladiator	Also second unit DP
	Remember the Titans
2001	Hannibal
	Black Hawk Down
2002	The Bourne Identity	Also second unit DP
	XXX
2003	Daredevil
	The Italian Job
	Hollywood Homicide	Also second unit DP Additional photography
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Also second unit DP
2004	Hidalgo
2005	Æon Flux
2006	She's the Man
	Casino Royale	Also second unit DP
2007	American Gangster
2008	Fool's Gold
2009	The Taking of Pelham 123	Also second unit DP
2010	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Also second unit DP (uncredited)
	Robin Hood	Also second unit DP
	The Town
2011	Fast Five
	X-Men: First Class
2012	Safe House
	Skyfall
	Code Name Oracle
2014	Hercules	Also second unit DP
2015	Cinderella
	Terminator Genisys
	Spectre
2018	Avengers: Infinity War
	Bird Box
2021	No Time to Die
	Jungle Cruise

Other roles

Year	Title	Notes
2004	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Directorial Debut Umbrella Sniper (uncredited)
2008	Body of Lies	Debut as Director of Photography
TBA	Sayen

References

External links

• Alexander Witt at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Alexander Witt

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[es] Alexander Witt

Alexander B. Witt (Santiago, 10 de abril de 1952) es un cineasta chileno nacionalizado estadounidense de Hollywood que ha trabajado desde simple operador hasta director.

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[ru] Уитт, Александр

Александр Уитт (англ. Alexander Witt, род. 1952) — голливудский кинематографист, работающий в основном в качестве оператора и режиссёра второй команды. Единственным фильмом, снятым им в качестве главного режиссёра является картина 2004 года «Обитель зла 2: Апокалипсис»[1]. Уитт также был режиссёром второй команды на фильмах о Джеймсе Бонде «Казино Рояль» в 2006, и «007: Координаты «Скайфолл»» в 2012 году[2].

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