Christian Matras (cinematographer)

Christian Matras (29 December 1903, Valence, Drôme, France – 4 May 1977, Paris) was a French cinematographer who worked on more than hundred 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), Le Plaisir (1952), La Ronde (1950), all directed by Max Ophüls; and L'Aigle à deux têtes (1948) directed by Jean Cocteau.

Selected filmography

 * Misdeal (1928)
 * Billeting Order (1932)
 * The Scandal (1934)
 * The House on the Dune (1934)
 * The Coquelet Affair (1935)
 * Motherhood (1935)
 * The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1936)
 * The Forsaken (1937)
 * La Grande Illusion (1938)
 * The Marvelous Night (1940)
 * Paradise Lost (1940)
 * Romance of Paris (1941)
 * The Chain Breaker (1941)
 * The Law of Spring (1942)
 * Lucrèce (1943)
 * Secrets (1943)
 * The Stairs Without End  (1943)
 * Traveling Light (1944)
 * Mademoiselle X (1945)
 * The Idiot (1946)
 * Once is Enough (1946)
 * Eternal Conflict (1948)
 * All Roads Lead to Rome (1949)
 * The Paris Waltz (1950)
 * La Rhonde (1950)
 * Bluebeard (1951)
 * Le Plaisir (1951)
 * Imperial Violets (1952)
 * The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
 * Madame du Barry (1954)
 * ''Lola Montès (1955)
 * Meeting in Paris (1956)
 * A Kiss for a Killer (1957)
 * An Eye for an Eye (1957)
 * Virginie (1962)
 * The Bamboo Stroke (1963)
 * The Lace Wars  (1965)
 * The Desperate Ones (1967)
 * La Voie Lactee (1969)
 * Variety (1971)