🎬Alexander Witt

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 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 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 1 to start directing second unit."

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character
1	Ferrari (2023)	Director / Writer	7
2	Fast X (2023) Most waited movies 2023 and after	Director / Writer	6.3
3	Jungle Cruise (2021) Top movies in 2021	Director / Writer	7
4	No Time to Die (2021) Top movies in 2021	Director / Writer	7.5
5	Bird Box (2018)	Director / Writer	7
6	Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Top 100 by FilmGator	Director / Writer	8.7
7	Terminator Genisys (2015)	Director / Writer	6.6
8	Cinderella (2015) Oscars 2016	Director / Writer	7
9	Spectre (2015) Oscars 2016	Director / Writer	6.7
10	Hercules (2014)	Director / Writer	6.1
11	Skyfall (2012) Oscars 2013	Director / Writer	7.9
12	Safe House (2012)	Director / Writer	7.1
13	Fast Five (2011)	Director / Writer	7.1
14	X-Men: First Class (2011)	Director / Writer	7.8
15	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)	Director / Writer	6.5
16	The Town (2010) Oscars 2011	Director / Writer	7.4
17	Robin Hood (2010)	Director / Writer	6.6
18	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)	Director / Writer	6.7
19	Fool's Gold (2008)	Director / Writer	5.9
20	American Gangster (2007) Oscars 2008	Director / Writer	7.6
21	Casino Royale (2006)	Director / Writer	7.7
22	She's the Man (2006)	Director / Writer	6.3
23	Æon Flux (2005)	Director / Writer	6
24	Hidalgo (2004)	Director / Writer	6.4
25	Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)	Director / Writer	6.5
26	Daredevil (2003)	Director / Writer	5.2
27	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Top 100 by FilmGator	Director / Writer	7.9
28	The Italian Job (2003)	Director / Writer	7.1
29	xXx (2002)	Director / Writer	6.2
30	The Bourne Identity (2002)	Director / Writer	8.1
31	Hannibal (2001)	Director / Writer	6.8
32	Black Hawk Down (2001) Oscars 2002	Director / Writer	7.6
33	Gladiator (2000) Top 30 in 2000s	Director / Writer	8.3
34	Inspector Gadget (1999)	Director / Writer	5
35	Forces of Nature (1999)	Director / Writer	5.5
36	The Postman (1997)	Director / Writer	6.2
37	Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)	Director / Writer	4.9
38	Twister (1996)	Director / Writer	6.5
39	Money Train (1995)	Director / Writer	6.1
40	Speed (1994)	Director / Writer	7.4