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Christian Matras
Highest Rated: 100% Olivia (1951)
Lowest Rated: 67% Paris Blues (1961)
Birthday: Dec 29, 1903
Birthplace: Valence, France
Began his career as a newsreel cameraman and went on to shoot several French classics of the 1930s, including Renoir's "Grand Illusion" (1937). Matras was responsible for the critically celebrated, virtuosic camera movements of Max Ophuls' "La Ronde" (1950), "Le Plaisir" (1951), and "Madame de..." (1953) and added sumptuous color to his gliding camerawork on Ophuls' "Lola Montes" (1955). He also directed two short films, "De Babord a Tribord" (1926) and "Cent sous en balade" (1931).
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% | 83% | The Milky Way | Cinematographer | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gentle Art of Murder | Cinematographer | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Therese Desqueyroux | Cinematographer | - | 1962 |
| 67% | 68% | Paris Blues | Cinematographer | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eye for an Eye | Cinematographer | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Spies | Cinematographer | - | 1957 |
| 82% | 77% | Lola Montes | Cinematographer | $107.3K | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nana | Cinematographer | - | 1955 |
| 97% | 91% | The Earrings of Madame De ... | Cinematographer | - | 1953 |
| 80% | 86% | House of Pleasure | Cinematographer | - | 1952 |
| 100% | 80% | Olivia | Cinematographer | $7.3K | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gypsy Fury | Cinematographer | - | 1951 |
| 95% | 84% | La Ronde | Cinematographer | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All Roads Lead to Rome | Cinematographer | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The French Had a Name | Cinematographer | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Turn | Photographer | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Curtain Rises | Cinematographer | - | 1938 |
| 97% | 92% | Grand Illusion | Cinematographer | $516.5K | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maldone | Cinematographer | - | 1928 |