# Claire Mathon

Claire Mathon (born 1975) 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.
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
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2006 | Horezon | |
| 2006 | Pardonnez-moi | |
| 2009 | The Queen of Hearts | |
| 2009 | La Vie au ranch | |
| 2009 | Going South | |
| 2010 | Angel & Tony | |
| 2010 | Ich bin eine Terroristin | |
| 2011 | Iris in Bloom | |
| 2012 | Three Worlds | |
| 2013 | Stranger by the Lake | Nominated — César Award for Best Cinematography |
| 2013 | The Ugly One | |
| 2014 | The Last Hammer Blow | Nominated — Lumières Award for Best Cinematography |
| 2015 | Mon roi | Nominated — Lumières Award for Best Cinematography |
| 2015 | Two Friends | Nominated — Lumières Award for Best Cinematography |
| 2015 | 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 |
| 2019 | 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 | |
| 2021 | Spencer | |
| 2022 | Saint Omer | Nominated — Lumière Award for Best Cinematography |

### Short films

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

### Documentary films

| Year | Title |
| 2010 | Le Chemin noir |
| 2010 | 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 |
| 2017 | Lust for Sight |
| 2018 | Nul homme n'est une île |

### Television

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