Julio Macat

The first film lensed by JULIO MACAT, ASC was the huge box-office hit Home Alone. He then went on to photograph Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, The Wedding Planner, Cats & Dogs, Bringing Down the House and Wedding Crashers, all of which opened in the No. 1 box-office position in the U.S. The total domestic box-office receipts of the films he has photographed is $1.5 billion.

Macat’s extensive credits include the features So I Married an Axe Murderer; My Fellow Americans; the remake of Miracle on 34th Street; Because I Said So and Smother, both starring actress Diane Keaton; and the action picture Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever.

In moving away from comedy to more dramatic work, Macat was asked by first-time directors Antonio Banderas and Adam Shankman to photograph their directorial debuts Crazy in Alabama and A Walk to Remember, respectively. These collaborations were among 12 different efforts in which Macat guided first-time directors on their feature-film debuts. Other directors he’s worked with include Tom Shadyac, Raja Gosnell, Vince Di Meglio and Lawrence Guterman. Macat has also photographed the films Moonlight and Valentino; Only the Lonely; Columbus Day; the Morgan Freeman heist drama Thick as Thieves, directed by Mimi Leder; and Our Family Wedding, starring Forest Whitaker and America Ferrara.

A native of Argentina and of Italian descent, Macat began his career at age 19, working his way up the ranks under such distinguished veterans as Mario Tosi, ASC, and Academy Award®-winning cinematographers John Alcott, BSC, and Chris Menges, BSC. After studying filmmaking at UCLA at the age of 26, Macat became a camera operator and collaborated exclusively with Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky on four films, including Runaway Train, Shy People and Tango & Cash.

As a cinematographer, Macat’s early work included numerous music videos and concerts for performers such as Melissa Etheridge, Phil Collins, Van Halen and Alanis Morissette. He has shot commercials in Europe, South America, Mexico, South Africa and the U.S. He has also directed many second units for feature films and commercials

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