Claire Mathon

Claire Mathon (born 1975^{[citation needed]}) 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.

Claire Mathon
Born	1975 (age 49–50)
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1999–present

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Mathon also won the Lumière Award for Best Cinematography and the César Award for Best Cinematography for Portrait of a Lady on Fire.^[3][4][5]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Notes
2006	Horezon
	Pardonnez-moi
2009	The Queen of Hearts
	La Vie au ranch
	Going South
2010	Angel & Tony
	Ich bin eine Terroristin
2011	Iris in Bloom
2012	Three Worlds
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
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
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
2021	Petite Maman
	Spencer
2022	Saint Omer	Nominated — Lumière Award for Best Cinematography
2025	In the Land of Arto	It will open Locarno on 6 August.[6]

Short films

Year	Title	Notes
2000	Christmas Eve
2001	Le Chemin de traverse
	L'Impatience
2002	La Fourmi amoureuse
	Sans regrets
2003	Leila
	La Femme qui a vu l'ours
2004	Ça fait mal à mon coeur
	L'Étrangère
2005	Moloch, les chairs vives
	Saison
	Le Petit chevalier
2006	Cauchemar du perdeur de clés
	Comment on freine dans une descente ?
2007	Entracte
	Tel père telle fille
2008	Taxi wala
	Les Hommes sans gravité
	La Résidence Ylang Ylang
	Baïnes
2009	French Courvoisier
	L'Échappée belle
2011	La Piqûre
	L'Imprésario
	Exercice de fascination au milieu de la foule	Documentary short
2012	ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP(Q)RSTUVWXYz
2014	T.W.E
	Poisson
2015	Standing Men
2017	Médée

Documentary films

Year	Title	Notes
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
2017	Also Known as Jihadi
	Lust for Sight
2018	Nul homme n'est une île

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2009	Lulô Kanda	TV short documentary
	Action = militantes
2018	Ondes de choc	Miniseries