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Christian Matras (cinematographer)

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Name
  
Christian Matras


Role
  
Cinematographer

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Died
  
May 4, 1977, Paris, France

Movies
  
The Grand Illusion, The Earrings of Madame, Lola Montes, La Ronde, Le Plaisir

Similar People
  
Charles Spaak, Jacques Natanson, Max Ophuls, Ralph Baum, Georges Van Parys

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)
  • The Paris Waltz (1950)
  • Bluebeard (1951)
  • Imperial Violets (1952)
  • Meeting in Paris (1956)
  • The Lace Wars (1965)
  • Variety (1971)
  • References

    Christian Matras (cinematographer) Wikipedia