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#2: [Right] with actress Ashlyn Yates & dir James Keach - "Blind Guy" [2005]
Born: 1959, Buenos Aires, Argentina, as Guillermo Macat. At the age of 14, his family relocated to Los Angeles, USA.
Education: Beverly Hills High School; Film School of the University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA].
Career: Started as camera technician at Filmart. In 1981, he became c.asst [for 5 years] working with doph Mario Tosi.
Ph commercials dir by Bob Shallcross [for Hallmark Cards], a.o. Ph 100+ music videos.
Member of the ASC since 1998.
Married to actress Elizabeth Perkins [2000-present].
Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].
Website: Julio Macat
FILMS | |
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1980 |
Grad Night [John Tenorio] c; co-addph; ph: Arledge Armenaki |
1985 |
The Hooters: Nervous Night [John Jopson] c/V; concert film/45m; cph: Anastas Michos; intercuts two separate elements: a concert filmed in October at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby (near Philadelphia), and a series of short films, each one starring a different band member |
1985 |
Welcome to 18/Summer Release [Terry Carr] c; 2uc (+ c.op 1st unit) (as Julio Guillermo Macat); ph: Stephen L. Posey |
1986 |
Van Halen Live Without a Net [Daniel Kleinman] c; concert film/93m; filmed 27 August (New Haven, Connecticut) |
1987 |
Mortuary Academy [Michael Schroeder] c; co-2uc; ph: Roy H. Wagner |
1987 |
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years [Penelope Spheeris] c; doc/93m; addph; ph: Jeff Zimmerman |
1987 |
Out of the Dark [Michael Schroeder] c; addph: Jack Palinkas; 2uc: Kenneth Wiatrack; filmed 1987-88 |
1988 |
Far Out Man/Soul Man II [Tommy Chong & (uncred) William Lustig] c; 2uc (second thru ninth units); ph: Greg Gardiner & Eric Woster |
1988 |
The Borrower [John McNaughton] c; cph: Robert New; addph: Robert Brinkmann |
1989 |
Tango & Cash [Andrei Konchalovsky] p/c; 2uc (+ 1st unit for final 3 weeks); ph: Donald E. Thorin |
1990 |
Home Alone [Chris Columbus] c |
1990 |
Only the Lonely [Chris Columbus] c; 2uc: Bobby Byrne, Paul Vom Brack & John Connor |
1991 |
Incident at Oglala [Michael Apted] 16mm-35bu/c; doc/90m; addph; ph: Maryse Alberti |
1991 |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York [Chris Columbus] c; 2uc: Doug O'Neons |
1992 |
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective [Tom Shadyac] c; 2uc: Jeff Simon |
1992 |
So I Married an Axe Murderer [Thomas Schlamme] c |
1994 |
Miracle on 34th Street [Les Mayfield] c; 2uc: Frank Byers |
1994 |
Paula Abdul's Get Up and Dance! [Steve Purcell] c/V; workout video/45m |
1994 |
Moonlight and Valentino [David Anspaugh] p/c |
1995 |
The Nutty Professor [Tom Shadyac] c |
1996 |
My Fellow Americans [Peter Segal] c; 2uc: David Dunlap & Joel King |
1996 |
Home Alone 3 [Raja Gosnell] c; 2uc: Philip Pfeiffer |
1998 |
Crazy in Alabama [Antonio Banderas] s35/c |
2000 |
The Wedding Planner [Adam Shankman] p/c; + small part |
2000 |
Cats & Dogs [Lawrence Guterman] c; 2uc: Attila Szalay |
2001 |
A Walk to Remember [Adam Shankman] s35/c; 2uc: Tommy Ray Sullivan; aph: Michael Kelem |
2001 |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever [Wych Kaosayananda] s35/c; 2uc: Joel Kramer |
2002 |
Bringing Down the House [Adam Shankman] s35/c; 2uc: Johnny E. Jensen |
2003 |
Catch That Kid/Mission Without Permission [Bart Freundlich] c; 2uc: Michael Benson; remake of 'Klatretøsen/Catch That Girl' (2001, Hans Fabian Wullenweber; ph: Jacob Kusk) |
2003 |
[David Mamet's] Gilded Stones [James Dodson] c; short/9m |
2003 |
The Ringer [Barry Blaustein] c; cph: Mark Irwin |
2004 |
Wedding Crashers [David Dobkin] s35/c; addph: Thomas Loizeaux; aph: Phil Pastuhov |
2005 |
Blind Dating [James Keach] s35/c |
2005 |
Because I Said So [Michael Lehmann] c; addph: Johnny E. Jensen |
2007 |
Smother [Vince Di Meglio] c |
2007 |
Columbus Day [Charles Burmeister] Clairmont-Scope/c; 2uc: Germano Saracco |
2007 |
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay [Howard Michael Gould] scope/c; addph; ph: Nancy Schreiber |
2007 |
Thick as Thieves/The Code [Mimi Leder] s35/c/V; 2uc: Craig Haagensen |
2009 |
Meant to Be [Paul Breuls] c |
2009 |
Macbett (The Caribbean Macbeth) [Aleta Chappelle] announced; status unknown |
2009 |
Our Family Wedding [Rick Famuyiwa] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Johnny E. Jensen |
2009 |
Winnie the Pooh [Stephen J. Anderson & Don Hall] 35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; live action + 2-D hand-drawn anim/63m; live action ph |
2010 |
The Convincer [Jill Sprecher] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; co-addph; ph: Dick Pope |
2011 |
Syrup [Aram Michael Rappaport] scope/c; 2uc: Adam Cohen |
2011 |
Pitch Perfect [Jason Moore] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c |
2013 |
Blended/The Familymoon [Frank Coraci] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c |
2013 |
Horrible Bosses 2 [Sean Anders] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Mitchell Amundsen & (+ co-c.op main unit) Robert Presley; time lapse ph: Colin Rich; filmed 2013-14 |
2014 |
Daddy's Home [Sean Anders & John Morris] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT)-to-D-Cinema/c |
2015 |
The Boss/Michelle Darnell [Ben Falcone] HD (ARRI ALEXA 65)-to-digital/c; aph: Dylan Goss |
2015 |
Super Sex [Matthew Modine] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c; short/7m; + co-prod |
2015 |
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life [Steve Carr] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/Master Scope)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; filmed 2015-16 |
2016 |
Miracle on 42nd Street [Alice Elliott] c; doc/60m; cph: Joey Forsyte & John Hazard |
2016 |
Life of the Party [Ben Falcone] HD/c |
2017 |
Daddy's Home 2 [Sean Anders] c |
TELEVISION & INTERNET | |
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1987 |
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night [Tony Mitchell] concert film/b&w/64m/8mm+35mm-to-v; cph: Bernard Auroux, Bryan Greenberg, Crescenzo Notarile & Philip Alan Waters; filmed 30 September; for HBO-tv |
2012 |
Trophy Wife [pilot dir by Jason Moore] 22-part series/HD, 2013-14; other ph: Michael Price (21 ep); for ABC-tv |
2013 |
Web Therapy [29 ep (#66-77 & #82-98) dir by Don Roos] 133-part web series/HD, 2008-14; 5th season, 2013 (35 ep); other ph: Michael Goi; for LStudio.com |
2013 |
Web Therapy [7 ep (#24-30) dir by Don Roos] 44-part series, 2011-15; 3rd season, 2013 (10 ep); other ph: Michael Goi (3 ep); for Showtime-tv (based on the web series) |
FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR | |
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1979 |
Taboo [Kirdy Stevens] c.op; ph: Guy Nicholas |
1981 |
Eating Raoul [Paul Bartel] add c.asst; ph: Gary Thieltges |
1981 |
Frightmare/Body Snatchers [Norman Thaddeus Vane] 1st c.asst; ph: Joel King; released 1983 |
1981 |
Anytime Anyplace/Any Time Any Place [Kirdy Stevens] c.op; ph: Pablo Lepell |
1981 |
The Beastmaster [Don Coscarelli] c.asst 2u; 2uc: Joel King; ph: John Alcott |
"Ladies Night"
1982 |
Ladies Night [Enzo Giobbé] c.asst; ph: Enzo Giobbé |
1982 |
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse/El triunfo de un hombre llamado caballo [John Hough] co-c.asst; ph: John Alcott & John Cabrera |
1982 |
The Osterman Weekend [Sam Peckinpah] co-c.asst; ph: John Coquillon |
1983 |
Not for Publication [Paul Bartel] c.op 2u; 2uc: Steve Fierberg; ph: George Tirl |
1984 |
The Return of the Living Dead [Dan O'Bannon] co-c.asst; ph: Jules Brenner |
1985 |
Runaway Train [Andrei Konchalovsky] co-2nd c.op; ph: Alan Hume |
1985 |
Welcome to 18/Summer Release [Terry Carr] c.op (+ 2uc) (as Julio Guillermo Macat); ph: Stephen L. Posey |
1986 |
The Rosary Murders [Fred Walton] c.op; ph: David Golia |
1986 |
Shy People [Andrei Konchalovsky] co-c.op 2u; ph: Chris Menges |
1987 |
Broken Noses [Bruce Weber; doc] c.asst; ph: Jeff Preiss |
1987 |
Out Cold [Malcolm Mowbray] co-c.op 2u; ph: Tony Pierce-Roberts |
1987 |
License to Drive [Greg Beeman] c.op extra unit; ph: Bruce Surtees |
1988 |
Homer & Eddie [Andrei Konchalovsky] c.op; ph: Lajos Koltai |
1996 |
Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill, Live [Steve Purcell (New Orleans concert) & Alanis Morissette ('jagged little pill, Live'); concert film] co-c.op (New Orleans concert); ph: Jeff Zimmerman (New Orleans concert); 2uc (+ co-Hi8 ph): Michele Laurita; filmed 2 October (New Orleans concert) |
MISCELLANEOUS | |
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???? |
Left Behind [dir + co-scrpl; feature starring Elizabeth Perkins] announced |
2012 |
Wreck-It Ralph [Rich Moore] digital-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; anim/108m; visual lighting cons |