Christian Matras (cinematographer)

Christian Matras (29 December 1903, Valence, Drôme, France - 4 May 1977, Paris) was a French cinematographer who worked on more than 100 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), and Le Plaisir (1952), all directed by Max Ophüls; and L'Aigle à deux têtes (1948) directed by Jean Cocteau.

Selected filmography

• Misdeal (1928)
• Billeting Order (1932)
• The House on the Dune (1934)
• The Marvelous Night (1940)
• The Stairs Without End (1943)
• Traveling Light (1944)
• The Idiot (1946)
• Once is Enough (1946)
• Bluebeard (1951)
• Imperial Violets (1952)
• Meeting in Paris (1956)
• The Lace Wars (1965)
• Variety (1971)

External links

• Christian Matras at IMDB