Christian Matras (cameraman)
Christian Matras (born December 29, 1903 in Valence , † May 4, 1977 in Paris ) was a French cameraman .
Life
Matras initially worked as a reporter for the Éclair-Journal and began working for film in the 1920s with camera work for newsreels , worked for documentaries from 1926 and switched to feature films in 1932 . Thanks to his extremely precise shooting style, which also captures seemingly minor details, Matras quickly became one of the most sought-after and respected cameramen in French cinema. He worked with directors such as René Clair , Marc Allégret or Georges Franju and Max Ophüls .
Filmography (selection)
- 1937: The great illusion (La Grande illusion)
- 1939: Retirement (La Fin du jour)
- 1943: Carmen
- 1946: The Idiot (L'Idiot)
- 1946: The Shadows of the Past (Un revenant)
- 1947: The game is over (Les Jeux sont faits)
- 1948: The double-headed eagle (L'aigle à deux têtes)
- 1948: From person to person (D'homme à homme)
- 1950: it happened in Paris (souvenirs perdus)
- 1950: The Round Dance (La Ronde)
- 1951: Bluebeard
- 1951: Pläsier (Le Plaisir)
- 1952: Fanfan, the Hussar (Fanfan la Tulipe)
- 1953: Can women be like that? (Secrets d'alcove)
- 1953: Lucrezia Borgia (Lucrèce Borgia)
- 1954: Madame Dubarry (Madame du Barry)
- 1954: love, women and soldiers (Destinées)
- 1955: Lola Montez (Lola Montès)
- 1956: The Adventures of Till Ulenspiegel (Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle)
- 1957: In the intoxication of the senses (Une Manche et la belle)
- 1957: Spies at work (Les Espions)
- 1957: An eye for an eye (Œil pour œil)
- 1958: Montparnasse 19 (Les Amants de Montparnasse)
- 1958: Christine (Christine)
- 1959: The beautiful liar (La Belle et l'empereur)
- 1960: Paris Blues
- 1960: Under the spell of ecstasy (verse l'extase)
- 1961: Cartouche, the Bandit (Cartouche)
- 1962: The deed of Thérèse D. (Therèse Desqueyroux)
- 1964: The hunted of the Sierra Nevada (El ranch de los implacables)
- 1964: Secret friendships (Les Amitiés particulières)
- 1965: Beatrice
- 1965: The fortress falls, love lives ! (Les Fêtes Galantes)
- 1967: Escape from the Taiga (Beyond the Mountains)
- 1967: Woman lures seven times (Woman Seven Times)
- 1968: Birds die in Peru (Les oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou)
- 1969: The Milky Way (La Voie lactée)
- 1972: Just a matter of time (Pas folle la guêpe)
Web links
- Christian Matras in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matras, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valence |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4th 1977 |
| Place of death | Paris |