Claire Mathon


Claire Mathon is a French cinematographer.

Career

She studied film at the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière and graduated in 1998. Since then, she has worked on several short films, documentaries and feature films. She was nominated for the César Award for Best Cinematography for the film Stranger by the Lake.
In 2019 Mathon won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography for her work on the films Atlantics and Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
Mathon also won the Lumières Award for Best Cinematography and the César Award for Best Cinematography for Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
2000Christmas EveShort film
2001Le Chemin de traverseShort film
2001L'ImpatienceShort film
2002La Fourmi amoureuseShort film
2002Sans regretsShort film
2003LeilaShort film
2003La Femme qui a vu l'oursShort film
2004Ça fait mal à mon coeurShort film
2004L'ÉtrangèreShort film
2005Moloch, les chairs vivesShort film
2005SaisonShort film
2005Le Petit chevalierShort film
2006Cauchemar du perdeur de clésShort film
2006Horezon
2006Comment on freine dans une descente ?Short film
2006Pardonnez-moi
2007EntracteShort film
2007Tel père telle filleShort film
2008Taxi walaShort film
2008Les Hommes sans gravitéShort film
2008La Résidence Ylang YlangShort film
2008BaïnesShort film
2009The Queen of Hearts
2009French CourvoisierShort film
2009Lulô KandaTV short documentary
2009La Vie au ranch
2009Action = militantesTV short documentary
2009Going South
2009L'Échappée belleShort film
2010Le Chemin noirDocumentary
2010Sheoeyin KennaDocumentary
2010Angel & Tony
2010Ich bin eine Terroristin
2011La PiqûreShort film
2011L'ImprésarioShort film
2011Iris in Bloom
2011Exercice de fascination au milieu de la fouleDocumentary short
2012ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVWXYzDocumentary short
2012On remuait les lèvres mais on ne disait rienDocumentary
2012Three Worlds
2013Stranger by the LakeNominated—César Award for Best Cinematography
2013The Ugly One
2013La Ligne de partage des eauxDocumentary
2014T.W.EShort film
2014PoissonShort film
2014The Last Hammer BlowNominated—Lumières Award for Best Cinematography
2015Mon roiNominated—Lumières Award for Best Cinematography
2015Two FriendsNominated—Lumières Award for Best Cinematography
2015The Sweet Escape
2015The Foreign SonDocumentary
2015Standing MenShort film
2016MakhdouminDocumentary
2016Staying Vertical
2017MédéeShort film
2017Also Known as JihadiDocumentary
2017Lust for SightDocumentary
2017A Violent Life
2018Raoul Taburin
2018Ondes de chocTV miniseries
2018Nul homme n'est une îleDocumentary
2019AtlantiqueLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
2019Portrait of a Lady on FireBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer
Nominated- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated - Phoenix Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated - Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography