Julio Macat was born in Rosario, Argentina, on June 20, 1957, and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1971, at the age of 14. Macat attended Beverly Hills High School and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Macat began his career at the age of 19 working as a camera technician at Filmart. In 1981, he worked with cinematographer Mario Tosi for five years, and later John Alcott, before working becoming cinematographer for four films under the direction of Russian director Andrey Konchalovskiy, such as Runaway Train (1985) and Tango & Cash (1989).
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Julio Macat's (ASC) first film was the huge box-office hit HOME ALONE. He then went on to photograph HOME ALONE 2, ACE VENTURA, Pet Detective, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR , THE WEDDING PLANNER, CATS and DOGS, BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE and WEDDING CRASHERS all of which opened #1 at the box office in the U.S. The total domestic box office receipts of the films he has photographed is approximately $1.7 billion. Macat's extensive credits include the features SO, I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER; MY FELLOW AMERICANS; the remake of MIRACLE ON 34TH ST; BECAUSE I SAID SO, and SMOTHER, both with Diane Keaton; and the action film BALISTIC, X vs SEVER. In moving from comedy to more dramatic work, Macat was asked by Antonio Banderas to photograph his directorial debut, CRAZY IN ALABAMA, a film about the civil right's movement in the 60's and also hired by Adam Shankman to film Nicholas Spark's A WALK TO REMEMBER. Macat also collaborated with Shankman on THE WEDDING PLANNER and BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE with Steve Martin. Julio Macat has worked with numerous other directors on their feature film debuts, among them Jason Moore, (PITCH PERFECT) Tom Shadyac, Raja Gosnell, James Keach, Kaos, Vince DiMeglio and Lawrence Guterman. He has also photographed the films MOONLIGHT and VALENTINO, ONLY THE LONELY, the Morgan Freeman heist drama THE CODE , directed by Mimi Leder, and BLENDED, with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Other projects include the comedies DADDY'S HOME 1 and 2 and HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 for director Sean Anders with Will Ferrell, THE BOSS and LIFE OF THE PARTY with Melissa McCarthy and the upcoming Animated feature SHERLOCK GNOMES for which along with WRECK IT RALPH he was contracted as Visual and Lighting consultant by DISNEY and PARAMOUNT.. 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 collaborating exclusively with Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky on four films, including RUNAWAY TRAIN, SHY PEOPLE and TANGO and CASH where he was promoted to film second unit photography. As cinematographer, Macat's early work included numerous music videos and concerts for performers such as Peter Gabriel, Melissa Etheridge, Phil Collins, Hall & Oats, Van Halen and Alanis Morrisette. He has photographed commercials in Europe, South America, Mexico, South Africa and extensively in the U.S., and has also directed many second units for feature films and commercials. Macat is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and AMPAS since 2000 He is fluent in Spanish, Italian and some French. He lives in Los Angeles and Massachusetts with his wife, actress Elizabeth Perkins.
