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born: "29 December 1903"
died: "4 May 1977"
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# Christian Matras

Cinematographer. Born 29 December 1903 in Valence, Drome, France. Died 4 May 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 29 December 1903, Valence, Drome, France
- **Died:** 4 May 1977
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Matras_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325970, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559300/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11556

## Biography

Christian Matras (29 December 1903 – 4 May 1977) was a French cinematographer. Born in Valence, Drôme, he began his career as a newsreel photographer before working on short films in the late 1920s and moving to feature films in the early 1930s.

He is best known for his work on *Grand Illusion* (1937) directed by Jean Renoir, and for his collaborations with Max Ophüls on *La Ronde* (1950), *Le Plaisir* (1952), *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953) and *Lola Montès* (1955). Other notable credits include *Cartouche* (1962), *Lola Montès* (1955) and *This Special Friendship* (1964). He photographed more than one hundred feature films over four decades.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Grand Illusion* (1937), Fi1m 92, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/grand-illusion.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Not Dumb, the Bird* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Varietés* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Le Bal du comte d'Orgel* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Las Leandras* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Esa mujer* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Milky Way* (1969), Cinematography
- *Birds in Peru* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Risky Business* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Woman Times Seven* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Desperate Ones* (1967), Director of Photography
- *La mujer perdida* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Lace Wars* (1965), Director of Photography
- *The Woman from Beirut* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Samba* (1965), Director of Photography
- *This Special Friendship* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Scheherazade* (1963), Director of Photography
- *The Bamboo Stroke* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Therese* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Crime Does Not Pay* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Cartouche* (1962), Director of Photography
- *The Game of Truth* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Paris Blues* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Lions Are Loose* (1961), Cinematography
- *The French Game* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Towards Ecstasy* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Way of Youth* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Die schöne Lügnerin* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Christine* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Maxime* (1958), Director of Photography
- *The Lovers of Montparnasse* (1958), Director of Photography
- *A Kiss for a Killer* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Spies* (1957), Director of Photography
- *An Eye for an Eye* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Bold Adventure* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Meeting in Paris* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Lola Montès* (1955), Director of Photography
- *The French, They Are a Funny Race* (1955), Director of Photography
- *The Secrets of the Bed* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Daughters of Destiny* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Lucrèce Borgia* (1953), Director of Photography
- *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Imperial Violets* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Fan-Fan the Tulip* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Le Plaisir* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Adorable Creatures* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Olivia* (1951), Director of Photography
- *La Ronde* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Singoalla* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Stolen Affections* (1948), Director of Photography
- *The Eagle with Two Heads* (1948), Cinematography
- *Man to Men* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Eternal Conflict* (1948), Director of Photography
- *The Chips Are Down* (1947), Director of Photography
- *The Beautiful Trip* (1947), Director of Photography
- *A Lover's Return* (1946), Director of Photography
- *The Idiot* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Alone in the Night* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Angel and Sinner* (1945), Cinematography
- *The Traveler Without Luggage* (1944), Director of Photography
- *Lucrèce* (1943), Director of Photography
- *The Secret of Madame Clapain* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Wicked Duchess* (1942), Director of Photography
- *The Wonderful Night* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Four Flights to Love* (1939), Director of Photography
- *The Last Turning* (1939), Director of Photography
- *The Curtain Rises* (1938), Director of Photography
- *The Southern Trail* (1938), Camera Supervisor
- *Grand Illusion* (1937), Director of Photography — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/grand-illusion.md)
- *S. S. Tenacity* (1934), Director of Photography
- *The Scandal* (1934), Director of Photography
- *The Lady of Lebanon* (1934), Director of Photography

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