From a 2004 interview on IGN, he says this about his history: "I was born in Chile, the third generation of Germans there.

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.

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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