Julio Macat,
A.S.C.
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(born June 20, 1957) is an Argentine-American cinematographer.
Early life and career
Born in
Rosario, Santa Fe
Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most p ...
,
Argentina, Macat 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
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''.
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
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, such as ''
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', ''
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'', ''
The Wedding Planner
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Plot
Ambitious San ...
'', ''
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''.
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Filmography
References
External links
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1957 births
American cinematographers
People from Buenos Aires
Argentine expatriates in the United States
Living people
Argentine people of Sardinian descent
American people of Italian descent