Claire Mathon

{{short description|French cinematographer (born 1975)}}

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Claire Mathon (born 1975{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}) is a French cinematographer. Her work includes The Queen of Hearts, Going South, and Stranger by the Lake. Mathon photographed Portrait of a Lady on Fire, for which she received a César Award for Best Cinematography.

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.afcinema.com/_Claire-Mathon-9947_.html|title=Claire Mathon |work=AFC}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Hipes |first1=Patrick |last2=Haring |first2=Bruce |title=Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Give Best Picture To 'Parasite' And Best Director To Bong Joon Ho |date=8 December 2019 |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/los-angeles-film-critics-2019-winners-awards-list-1202803600/ |accessdate=29 December 2019}}

Mathon also won the Lumière Award for Best Cinematography and the César Award for Best Cinematography for Portrait of a Lady on Fire.{{cite web |last1=Goodfellow |first1=Melanie |title='Les Misérables' leads nominations in France's Lumière awards |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/les-miserables-leads-nominations-in-frances-lumiere-awards/5145299.article |accessdate=29 December 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |title=France's Lumiere Awards: 'Les Misérables' Wins Best Film, Roman Polanski Tapped as Best Director |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=27 January 2020 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-lumieres-award-winners-les-miserables-wins-frances-top-prize-1272628/item/best-first-film-1269665 |accessdate=28 January 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |title=France's Cesar Awards: Winners List (Updating Live) |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=28 February 2020 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/cesar-awards-2020-winners-list-full-1276711/item/best-cinematography-1276732 |accessdate=28 February 2020}}

Filmography

=Feature films=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

rowspan=2|2006

|Horezon

|

Pardonnez-moi

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rowspan=3|2009

|The Queen of Hearts

|

La Vie au ranch

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Going South

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rowspan=2|2010

|Angel & Tony

|

Ich bin eine Terroristin

|

2011

|Iris in Bloom

|

2012

|Three Worlds

|

rowspan=2|2013

|Stranger by the Lake

|Nominated — César Award for Best Cinematography

The Ugly One

|

2014

|The Last Hammer Blow

|Nominated — Lumière Award for Best Cinematography

rowspan=3|2015

|Mon roi

|Nominated — Lumière Award for Best Cinematography

Two Friends

|Nominated — Lumière Award for Best Cinematography

The Sweet Escape

|

2016

|Staying Vertical

|

2017

|A Violent Life

|

2018

|Raoul Taburin

|

rowspan=2|2019

|Atlantique

|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

|Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
César 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 — Lumière 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

rowspan=2|2021

|Petite Maman

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Spencer

|

2022

|Saint Omer

|Nominated — Lumière Award for Best Cinematography

2025

| In the Land of Arto

| It will open Locarno on 6 August.{{Cite web|url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/program/film.html?fid=04753d81-617b-4b9e-a538-10d868628fd3&l=en&eid= |title= In the Land of Arto|date=8 July 2025|access-date=8 July 2025|website= Locarno Film Festival |language=en}}

=Short films=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

2000

|Christmas Eve

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rowspan=2|2001

|Le Chemin de traverse

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L'Impatience

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rowspan=2|2002

|La Fourmi amoureuse

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Sans regrets

|

rowspan=2|2003

|Leila

|

La Femme qui a vu l'ours

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rowspan=2|2004

|Ça fait mal à mon coeur

|

L'Étrangère

|

rowspan=3|2005

|Moloch, les chairs vives

|

Saison

|

Le Petit chevalier

|

rowspan=2|2006

|Cauchemar du perdeur de clés

|

Comment on freine dans une descente ?

|

rowspan=2|2007

|Entracte

|

Tel père telle fille

|

rowspan=4|2008

|Taxi wala

|

Les Hommes sans gravité

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La Résidence Ylang Ylang

|

Baïnes

|

rowspan=2|2009

|French Courvoisier

|

L'Échappée belle

|

rowspan=3|2011

|La Piqûre

|

L'Imprésario

|

Exercice de fascination au milieu de la foule

|rowspan=2|Documentary short

2012

|ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP(Q)RSTUVWXYz

rowspan=2|2014

|T.W.E

|

Poisson

|

2015

|Standing Men

|

2017

|Médée

|

=Documentary films=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

rowspan=2|2010

|Le Chemin noir

|

Sheoeyin Kenna

|

2012

|On remuait les lèvres mais on ne disait rien

|

2013

|La Ligne de partage des eaux

|

2015

|The Foreign Son

|

2016

|Makhdoumin

|

rowspan=2|2017

|Also Known as Jihadi

|

Lust for Sight

|

2018

|Nul homme n'est une île

|

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

rowspan=2|2009

|Lulô Kanda

|rowspan=2|TV short documentary

Action = militantes
2018

|Ondes de choc

| Miniseries

References

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