Alexander Witt

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

External links

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