Jacques Mathot

Jacques Mathot (* 20th century) was a French film technician and engineer who was awarded an Oscar for technical merit at the 1950 Academy Awards .

Life

During his collaboration with film technology pioneer André Debrie , Jacques Mathot, who made cameras, met the engineer and film technician André Coutant . The Éclair camera was particularly close to their hearts and was perfected more and more by the team that had become friends.

At the Academy Awards in 1950, Jacques Mathot and André Coutant received a Technical Achievement Award in Class III "for the design of the Eclair Camerette" ("For the design of the Eclair Camerette"). The Caméflex, engl. mostly Camerette, is a model of a camera that was first brought onto the market by the French company Éclair in 1947.

Award

Academy Award for Technical Merit Class III

• Academy Awards 1949 : Technical Achievement Award together with André Coutant

Web links

• Scientific or Technical Award Class III 1949 at ciakhollywood.com (English)
• Caméra film 16 and 35 mm at cinematheque (French)
• Caméflex 1947 at cinematographers.nl

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Database ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas (English)  
2. ↑ André Coutant at universalis.fr (French)
3. ^ Technical Achievement Award - Winner Awards for 1950 in the IMDb - Internet Movie Database
4. ↑ 22nd Academy Awards at digitalhit.com
5. ↑ Frank P. Herrnfeld: Coutant and Mathot ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Journal of the SMPTE Volume 55, August 1950 (English)