Alexander Witt

Alexander Witt
Witt in 2016
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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.

Life and career

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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 2008 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

Second unit

Year	Title	2nd unit director	2nd unit DoP	Director	Notes
1985	The Jewel of the Nile	No	Yes	Lewis Teague
1990	The Hunt for Red October	No	Yes	John McTiernan
1992	Lethal Weapon 3	No	Yes	Richard Donner
	Chaplin	No	Yes	Richard Attenborough	As Alex Witt
1994	Speed	Yes	No	Jan De Bont
1995	Money Train	Yes	Yes	Joseph Ruben	New York unit
1996	Twister	Yes	Yes	Jan De Bont
1997	Speed 2: Cruise Control	Yes	Yes
	The Postman	Yes	No	Kevin Costner
1998	The X-Files	Yes	Yes	Rob Bowman	Creature unit
1999	Forces of Nature	Yes	Yes	Bronwen Hughes
	Inspector Gadget	Yes	Yes	David Kellogg	Uncredited
2000	Gladiator	Yes	Yes	Ridley Scott
	Remember the Titans	Yes	Yes	Boaz Yakin
2001	Hannibal	Yes	Yes	Ridley Scott
	Black Hawk Down	Yes	No
2002	The Bourne Identity	Yes	Yes	Doug Liman
	XXX	Yes	Yes	Rob Cohen
2003	Daredevil	Yes	Yes	Mark Steven Johnson
	The Italian Job	Yes	No	F. Gary Gray
	Hollywood Homicide	Yes	Yes	Ron Shelton	Additional photography
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Yes	Yes	Gore Verbinski
2004	Hidalgo	Yes	No	Joe Johnston
2005	Æon Flux	Yes	No	Karyn Kusama
2006	She's the Man	Yes	No	Andy Fickman
	Casino Royale	Yes	Yes	Martin Campbell
2007	American Gangster	Yes	Yes	Ridley Scott
2008	Fool's Gold	Yes	No	Andy Tennant
2009	The Taking of Pelham 123	Yes	Yes	Tony Scott
2010	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Yes	Yes	Mike Newell
	Robin Hood	Yes	Yes	Ridley Scott
	The Town	Yes	Yes	Ben Affleck
2011	Fast Five	Yes	Yes	Justin Lin	Train heist sequence
	X-Men: First Class	Yes	Yes	Matthew Vaughn
2012	Safe House	Yes	Yes	Daniel Espinosa
	Skyfall	Yes	Yes	Sam Mendes
	Code Name Oracle	Yes	No	Max Bartoli
2014	Hercules	Yes	Yes	Brett Ratner
2015	Cinderella	Yes	Yes	Kenneth Branagh
	Terminator Genisys	Yes	Yes	Alan Taylor
	Spectre	Yes	Yes	Sam Mendes
2017	First They Killed My Father	No	Yes	Angelina Jolie
2018	Avengers: Infinity War	Yes	Yes	Anthony and Joe Russo
	Bird Box	Yes	Yes	Susanne Bier
2021	No Time to Die	Yes	Yes	Cary Joji Fukunaga
	Jungle Cruise	Yes	Yes	Jaume Collet-Serra
2023	Fast X	Yes	Yes	Louis Leterrier
	Ferrari	Yes	Yes	Michael Mann

Other work

Director

• Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
• Sayen (2023)
• Sayen: Desert Road (2023)
• Sayen: The Huntress (2024)

Cinematographer

• Body of Lies (2008)
• Cinderella (2015)

External links

• Alexander Witt at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata

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