Julio Macat, A.S.C. (born June 20, 1957) is an Argentine-American cinematographer. He is known for serving as cinematographer on the first three instalments of the Home Alone franchise.

Julio Macat
Born (1957-06-20) June 20, 1957 (age 67)
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1989–present
Spouse
(m. 2000)
Children3

Early life and career

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Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, Macat would study at University of California, Los Angeles.[1] He started his career off as a camera operator, under the guidance of director Andrei Konchalovsky, and worked on four of his movies including Runaway Train and Tango & Cash.[2]

Macat served as cinematographer on the 1990 Christmas comedy Home Alone and its sequels Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and Home Alone 3. Macat would frequently work on productions helmed by Tom Shadyac and Adam Shankman, such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, The Wedding Planner, A Walk to Remember and Bringing Down the House.

Personal life

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Macat has been married to actress Elizabeth Perkins since 2000, having met during production of Miracle on 34th Street.[3] He has three children from a previous marriage.

Filmography

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Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Director Notes
1989 Out of the Dark Michael Schroeder
1990 Home Alone Chris Columbus
1991 The Borrower John McNaughton
Only the Lonely Chris Columbus
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer Thomas Schlamme
1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Tom Shadyac
Miracle on 34th Street Les Mayfield
1995 Moonlight and Valentino David Anspaugh
1996 The Nutty Professor Tom Shadyac
My Fellow Americans Peter Segal
1997 Home Alone 3 Raja Gosnell
1999 Crazy in Alabama Antonio Banderas
2001 The Wedding Planner Adam Shankman
Cats & Dogs Lawrence Guterman
2002 A Walk to Remember Adam Shankman
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Wych Kaosayananda
2003 Bringing Down the House Adam Shankman
2004 Catch That Kid Bart Freundlich
2005 Wedding Crashers David Dobkin
2006 Blind Dating James Keach
2007 Because I Said So Michael Lehmann
2008 Columbus Day Charles Burmeister
Smother Vince Di Meglio
2009 Thick as Thieves Mimi Leder
2010 Our Family Wedding Rick Famuyiwa
2011 Winnie the Pooh Stephen J. Anderson
Don Hall
Live-action scenes only
2012 Pitch Perfect Jason Moore
2013 Syrup Aram Rappaport
2014 Blended Frank Coraci
Horrible Bosses 2 Sean Anders
2015 Daddy's Home
2016 The Boss Ben Falcone
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Steve Carr
2017 Daddy's Home 2 Sean Anders
2018 Life of the Party Ben Falcone
2019 After the Wedding Bart Freundlich
2023 Brave the Dark Damian Harris
TBA Merv Jessica Swale Post-production

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