{{Short description|Argentine-American cinematographer}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox person | honorific_suffix = ASC | image = Julio Macat-Profile.png | caption = Macat in 2016 | image_size = | name = Julio Macat | birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1957|6|20}} | birth_place = Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | alma_mater = | years_active = 1977–present | spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Perkins|2000}} | children = 3 }} '''Julio Macat''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=ASC}} (born June 20, 1957) is an Argentine-American cinematographer.
==Early life== Born in Rosario, Argentina, Macat studied at University of California, Los Angeles.<ref>[https://www.sightsoundandstory.com/art-of-cinematography-2017 Behind the Lens: A Conversation with Cinematographer Julio Macat, ASC]</ref>
==Career== 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''.<ref>[http://www.juliomacat.com/credits.pdf Julio Macat, ASC.]</ref>
Macat served as cinematographer on the 1990 Christmas comedy ''Home Alone'' and its sequels. He would frequently work on productions helmed by Adam Shankman, such as ''The Wedding Planner'', ''A Walk to Remember'' and ''Bringing Down the House''.
==Personal life== Macat has been married to actress Elizabeth Perkins since 2000, having met during production of ''Miracle on 34th Street''.<ref>[http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/macat.htm Julio Macat]</ref> He has three children from a previous marriage.
He has been an AMPAS member since 2003.
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |+Key | style="background:#ffc;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} | Denotes films that have not yet been released |} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |- | 1988 | ''Out of the Dark'' | Michael Schroeder | |- | 1990 | ''Home Alone'' |rowspan=2|Chris Columbus | |- |rowspan=2|1991 | ''Only the Lonely'' | |- | ''The Borrower'' | John McNaughton | With Robert C. New |- | 1992 | ''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' | Chris Columbus | |- | 1993 | ''So I Married an Axe Murderer'' | Thomas Schlamme | |- |rowspan=2|1994 | ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' | Tom Shadyac | |- | ''Miracle on 34th Street'' | Les Mayfield | |- | 1995 | ''Moonlight and Valentino'' | David Anspaugh | |- |rowspan=2|1996 | ''The Nutty Professor'' | Tom Shadyac | |- | ''My Fellow Americans'' | Peter Segal | |- | 1997 | ''Home Alone 3'' | Raja Gosnell | |- | 1999 | ''Crazy in Alabama'' | Antonio Banderas | |- |rowspan=2|2001 | ''The Wedding Planner'' | Adam Shankman | |- | ''Cats & Dogs'' | Lawrence Guterman | |- |rowspan=2|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 | |- |rowspan=2|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 Anderson<br>Don Hall | Live-action scenes |- | 2012 | ''Pitch Perfect'' | Jason Moore | |- | 2013 | ''Syrup'' | Aram Rappaport | |- |rowspan=2|2014 | ''Blended'' | Frank Coraci | |- | ''Horrible Bosses 2'' |rowspan=2|Sean Anders | |- | 2015 | ''Daddy's Home'' | |- |rowspan=2|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 | |- | 2025 | ''Merv'' | Jessica Swale | |}
'''Short film''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |- | 2004 | ''Gilded Stones'' | James Dodson | With Ryan Bradley Gaw |- | 2016 | ''Super Sex'' | Matthew Modine | |}
'''Documentary film''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Note |- | 2017 | ''Miracle on 42nd Street'' | Alice Elliott | With Joey Forsyte and John Hazard |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |- |rowspan=3|2013 | ''Web Therapy'' | Dan Bucatinsky<br>Don Roos | 29 episodes |- | ''Web Therapy'' | Don Roos | 7 episodes |- | ''Trophy Wife'' | Jason Moore | Episode "Pilot" |- | 2023 | ''Fatal Attraction'' | Alexandra Cunningham<br>Pete Chatmon | 3 episodes |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{IMDb name|0531310}}
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