JULIO MACAT ASC

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. Became doph in 1987.

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]. Was at one time scheduled to direct [+ co-scrpl] the feature film 'Left Behind' [starring Elizabeth Perkins].

Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].

Website: Julio Macat

FILMS & TELEVISION

1985	The Hooters: Nervous Night [John Jopson] c/V; concert film/45m; cph: Anastas Michos
1985	Welcome to 18/Summer Release [Terry Carr] c; 2uc; ph: Stephen L. Posey
1986	Van Halen Live Without a Net [Daniel Kleinman] c; concert film/90m
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
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; 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
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] scope/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	Thick as Thieves/The Code [Mimi Leder] s35/c; 2uc: Craig Haagensen
2009	Meant to Be [Paul Breuls] c
2009	Macbett (The Caribbean Macbeth) [Aleta Chappelle] announced
2009	Our Family Wedding [Rick Famuyiwa] scope/c; 2uc: Johnny E. Jensen
2009	Winnie the Pooh [Stephen J. Anderson & Don Hall] c; 2-D hand-drawn anim
2010	The Convincer [Jill Sprecher] s35/c; addph; ph: Dick Pope
2011	Syrup [Aram Rappaport] pre-production

FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR

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] c.asst; ph: John Alcott
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
1986	Shy People [Andrei Konchalovsky] co-c.op 2u; ph: Chris Menges
1987	Broken Noses [Bruce Weber; doc] c.asst; ph: Jeff Preiss
1987	The Rosary Murders [Fred Walton] c.op; ph: David Golia
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 & Alanis Morissette; concert film] co-c.op; ph: Michele Laurita & Jeff Zimmerman