Gary Pachany Focus Puller

Gary Pachany

Focus Puller · 1st Assistant Camera
Montréal Paris French & Canadian citizen IATSE Local 667 AQTIS 514 FR · EN · DE · ES
focusgary@yahoo.fr +1 514 242 5442

Thirty years on set as a focus puller, based between North America and Europe. I have been key 1st AC on main unit for studio features for Paramount, Disney, Fox, MGM, Netflix, Lionsgate, Miramax and the BBC, alongside a parallel French and francophone career. I also have long experience of second unit and action unit, and of cross-border productions: moving camera packages between countries on shoots spanning Italy, Monaco, Hungary, Norway, Peru and France, and at both poles. As a French citizen I can work anywhere in the European Union without formalities.

30 yearson set
NowJohnny, Cédric Jimenez, France

Feature Films / studio & independent

Scream VI
Paramount
A Camera 1st AC
Dir M. Bettinelli-Olpin, T. GillettDoP B. JutkiewiczOp G. St-Hilaire
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Paramount
B Camera 1st AC
Dir S. Caple JrDoP E. ChediakOp M. Heathcote
The Naughty Nine
Disney
A Camera 1st AC
Dir A. BelliDoP A. WolbergOp G. St-Hilaire
American Dreamer
Dektor Films
A Camera 1st AC
Dir P. DektorDoP N. BolducOp N. Bolduc, G. St-Hilaire
Moonfall
Centropolis
B Camera 1st AC
Dir R. EmmerichDoP R. BaumgartnerOp M. St-Martin
Home Sweet Home Alone
Fox
A Camera 1st AC, 2nd Unit
Dir J. MahaffieDoP J. BleibtreuOp F. Daignault
Crisis
Bideford Productions
B Camera 1st AC
Dir N. JareckiDoP N. BolducOp G. St-Hilaire
The Reset
Union Glacier, Antarctica
Camera 1st AC
Dir R. DugdaleDoP E. Lukas
Midway
Centropolis
B Camera 1st AC
Dir R. EmmerichDoP R. BaumgartnerOp D. Sauvé
Murder Mystery
Netflix
Key A Camera 1st AC
Dir K. NewacheckDoP A. MokriOp D. Sauvé
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Fox
A Camera 1st AC, 2nd Unit
Dir G. NorrisDoP J. BleibtreuOp F. Archambault
Death Wish
MGM
A Camera 1st AC
Dir E. RothDoP R. StoffersOp F. Daignault
The Glass Castle
Lionsgate
A Camera 1st AC
Dir D. CrettonDoP B. PawlakOp F. Archambault
Bad Santa 2
Miramax
A Camera 1st AC
Dir M. WatersDoP T. van de SandeOp F. Archambault
X-Men: Apocalypse
Fox · native 3D
A Camera 1st AC, 2nd Unit
Dir B. SmrzDoP L. BlanfordOp F. Archambault
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Fox · native 3D
B Camera 1st AC, 2nd Unit
Dir B. SmrzDoP L. BlanfordOp F. Archambault
Stonewall
Centropolis
B Camera 1st AC
Dir R. EmmerichDoP M. FördererOp F. Daignault
Pawn Sacrifice
Benoni Productions
B Camera 1st AC
Dir E. ZwickDoP B. YoungOp S. Dufaux
Garm Wars: The Last Druid
Bandai Visual
A Camera 1st AC
Dir M. OshiiDoP B. BeaulieuOp M. Charest
RED 2
Summit Entertainment
B Camera 1st AC
Dir D. ParisotDoP E. ChediakOp F. Archambault
Warm Bodies
Summit Entertainment
B Camera 1st AC
Dir J. LevineDoP J. AguirresarobeOp H. Tremblay
The Moth Diaries
Edward R. Pressman Films
A Camera 1st AC
Dir M. HarronDoP D. Quinn
Hotel Chevalier
Fox · shot in Paris
A Camera 1st AC
Dir W. AndersonDoP B. Yeoman
The Words
Also Known As Pictures
Additional 1st AC
Dir B. Klugman, L. SternthalDoP A. CalvacheOp J. Dyer
Immortals
Relativity Media
Additional 1st AC
Dir T. SinghDoP B. GalvinOp F. Daignault

Feature Films / France

Johnny
Chi-Fou-Mi Productions · 2026
C Camera 1st AC
Dir C. JimenezDoP N. LoirOp T. Burges
T.S. Spivet
Épithète Films · native 3D
Additional 1st AC
Dir J.-P. JeunetDoP T. HardmeierOp D. Racine
La Peur
France
A Camera 1st AC
Dir D. OdoulDoP M. Laporte
8 fois debout
MSVP
A Camera 1st AC
Dir X. MoliaDoP M. de Chabaneix
Une folle envie
Les Films du Kiosque
A Camera 1st AC
Dir B. JeanjeanDoP A. Cosnefroy
Ça commence par la fin
Les Films du Kiosque
A Camera 1st AC
Dir M. CohenDoP A. Cosnefroy
Les Enfants de Timpelbach
Chapter 2
A Camera 1st AC
Dir N. BaryDoP A. CosnefroyOp J. Apers
La Horde
Capture the Flag
A Camera 1st AC
Dir Y. Dahan, B. RocherDoP J. Meurice
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
La Fabrique 2
A Camera 1st AC
Dir B. PétréDoP S. Massis
Transporter 3
EuropaCorp
Additional 1st AC, 2nd Unit
Dir O. MegatonDoP G. Fiori-ColtellacciOp E. Leroux

Feature Films / Québec

An Eye for Beauty
Cinémaginaire
A Camera 1st AC
Dir D. ArcandDoP N. Moliavko-Vizotzky
Félix et Meira
Metafilms
A Camera 1st AC
Dir M. GirouxDoP S. Mishara
Gurov & Anna
Zone 3
A Camera 1st AC
Dir R. OuelletDoP G. Perron

Television

The North Water
See-Saw Films / BBC · Hungary & the Arctic
Key A Camera 1st AC
Dir A. HaighDoP N. Bolduc
Barkskins
Fox
A Camera 1st AC
Dir D. SladeDoP J. HawkinsonOp D. Sauvé
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
BBC
B Camera 1st AC
Dir T. HaynesDoP S. Pehrsson
Zero Hour
ABC · pilot
A Camera 1st AC
Dir P. MorelDoP A. WolbergOp D. Sauvé
Gothica
ABC · pilot
B Camera 1st AC
Dir A. TuckerDoP P. Menzies JrOp S. Dufaux
Exploding Sun
Sonar Entertainment
A Camera 1st AC
Dir M. RobisonDoP M. St-MartinOp H. Tremblay

Commercials

Louis Vuitton Jacquemus Cartier L'Oréal Rio Tinto Alcan Groupe Atlantic
Groupe Atlantic“37 Days”, 1st AC. Dir. Olivier Staub, Leo Burnett Paris. A heated glass cube flown onto a glacier in British Columbia at 2,400 m. Multiple Cannes Lions, 2015.
Rio Tinto Alcan“See What Can Be Done”, 1st AC. Dir. Olivier Staub, Cossette Montréal, 2012. A three-week shoot across Canada.
Table top & pack shotLong-running 1st AC for table top director and cinematographer Étienne Proulx (Le Packshot, Montréal): pack shots, motion control robot and food stunt work.