Christian Matras

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-12-29 (74 years old)

Deathday

1977-05-04

Place of Birth

Valence, Drome, France

Christian Matras

Biography

Christian Matras (29 December 1903, Valence, Drôme, France - 4 May 1977, Paris) was a French cinematographer who worked on more than hundred feature films, including Grand Illusion (1937), directed by Jean Renoir; The Milky Way (1969), directed by Luis Buñuel; and Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962), directed by Georges Franju; Lola Montès (1955), The Earrings of Madame De... (1953), Le Plaisir (1952), La Ronde (1950), all directed by Max Ophüls; and L'Aigle à deux têtes (1948) directed by Jean Cocteau. Source: Article "Christian Matras (cinematographer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Production

1937

Grand Illusion

as Director of Photography

1967

Risky Business

as Director of Photography

1946

The Idiot

as Director of Photography

1958

Christine

as Director of Photography

1962

Cartouche

as Director of Photography

1957

The Spies

as Director of Photography

1965

The Woman from Beirut

as Director of Photography

1949

The Wind Is My Lover

as Director of Photography

1955

The French, They Are a Funny Race

as Director of Photography

1957

An Eye for an Eye

as Cinematography

1948

Man to Men

as Director of Photography

1962

Crime Does Not Pay

as Director of Photography

1943

Lucrèce

as Director of Photography

1943

The Secret of Madame Clapain

as Director of Photography

1971

Varietés

as Director of Photography

1948

Eternal Conflict

as Director of Photography

1952

Le Plaisir

as Director of Photography

1965

Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace

as Director of Photography

1961

The Game of Truth

as Director of Photography

1954

Daughters of Destiny

as Director of Photography

1934

S. S. Tenacity

as Director of Photography

1934

The Lady of Lebanon

as Director of Photography

1959

Die schöne Lügnerin

as Director of Photography

1965

Samba

as Director of Photography

1965

The Lace Wars

as Director of Photography

1938

The Curtain Rises

as Director of Photography

1962

Therese

as Director of Photography

1950

La Ronde

as Director of Photography

1953

The Earrings of Madame de...

as Director of Photography

1952

Adorable Creatures

as Director of Photography

1958

The Lovers of Montparnasse

as Director of Photography

1944

The Traveler Without Luggage

as Director of Photography

1934

Le Scandale

as Director of Photography

1945

Alone in the Night

as Director of Photography

1947

The Beautiful Trip

as Director of Photography

1940

The Wonderful Night

as Director of Photography

1960

The French Game

as Director of Photography

1952

Fan-Fan the Tulip

as Director of Photography

1956

Meeting in Paris

as Director of Photography

1942

Wicked Duchess

as Director of Photography

1963

The Bamboo Stroke

as Director of Photography

1972

Not Dumb, the Bird

as Cinematography

1961

Paris Blues

as Director of Photography

1969

The Milky Way

as Cinematography

1951

Olivia

as Director of Photography

1939

Four Flights to Love

as Director of Photography

1953

Lucrèce Borgia

as Director of Photography

1948

Stolen Affections

as Director of Photography

1968

Birds in Peru

as Director of Photography

1955

Lola Montès

as Director of Photography

1967

Woman Times Seven

as Director of Photography

1948

The Eagle with Two Heads

as Cinematography

1957

A Kiss for a Killer

as Director of Photography

1947

The Chips Are Down

as Director of Photography

1970

Le Bal du comte d'Orgel

as Director of Photography

1945

Angel and Sinner

as Cinematography

1960

Towards Ecstasy

as Director of Photography

1964

This Special Friendship

as Director of Photography

1938

The Southern Trail

as Camera Supervisor

1969

Las Leandras

as Director of Photography

1967

The Desperate Ones

as Director of Photography

1969

Esa mujer

as Director of Photography

1966

La mujer perdida

as Director of Photography

1952

Imperial Violets

as Director of Photography

1946

Un revenant

as Director of Photography

1954

The Secrets of the Bed

as Director of Photography

1956

Bold Adventure

as Director of Photography

1939

The Last Turning

as Director of Photography

1958

Maxime

as Director of Photography

1963

Scheherazade

as Director of Photography

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