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.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."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).
cinematographer mostly known for his work as a camera operator and
second unit director, including regular collaborations with director
Ridley Scott.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."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).
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