Alexander Witt

Camera

Alexander Witt

Born

1952-04-10 (74)

Place of birth

Santiago, Chile

Known for

Camera

Credits

14 titles

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 …

Known for

Resident Evil: Apocalypse poster
6.4

As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

2004

Inspector Gadget poster
4.5

John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda, a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art gadgets and tools. Named "Inspector Gadget" by the press, John -- along with his niece, Penny, and her trusty dog, Brain -- uses his new powers to discover who was behind the explosion.

Inspector Gadget

1999

Sayen poster
6.2

Sayen is hunting down the men who murdered her grandmother. Using her training and knowledge of nature, she is able to turn the tables on them, learning of a conspiracy from a corporation that threatens her people's ancestral lands.

Sayen

2023

Sayen: Desert Road poster
6.2

Sayen follows a lead to the picturesque desolation of the Atacama Desert. There, she reluctantly teams up with a young Atacameño girl, Quimal, looking to clear her father’s name and save her town from becoming an arid wasteland due to Acteon’s exploitative water usage.

Sayen: Desert Road

2023

Sayen: The Huntress poster
5.9

Realizing that she cannot take down Fisk alone, Sayen teams up with an underground resistance group with a plan to expose and end Fisk's unchecked plundering once and for all.

Sayen: The Huntress

2024

James Bond: For Real poster
7.7

The stunts and action set pieces for the the 2006 James Bond adventure 'Casino Royale'.

James Bond: For Real

2006

Film credits

2000s · 8 titles

Resident Evil: Apocalypse poster
6.4

As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

2004

James Bond: For Real poster
7.7

The stunts and action set pieces for the the 2006 James Bond adventure 'Casino Royale'.

James Bond: For Real

2006

Game Babes poster
6.5

Featurette about the emergence of female action stars in film. Part of the "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" DVD extras.

Game Babes

2004

Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse poster
4.5

Fly-on-the-wall featurette that gives total access on nearly every aspect of pre-production and production.

Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse

2007

Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated poster
5.9

Six part documentary about the making of Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Features director Alexander Witt, screenwriter Paul W.S. Anderson, stars Milla Jovovich and Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, and more.

Game Over: Resident Evil Reanimated

2004

Undead Boot Camp poster
NR

Featuring zombie choreographers Sharon Moore and Derek Aasland, as well as ghoul training footage, screen tests, and dramatic readings from the Undead Bible. Produced for the “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” DVD.

Undead Boot Camp

2004

No artwork available
NR

A documentary about James Bond in the Bahamas.

James Bond in the Bahamas

2008

Corporate Malfeasance poster
7.0

Short documentary on the role of the Umbrella Corporation in 'Resident Evil: Apocalypse'.

Corporate Malfeasance

2004

Behind the camera