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 Forsaken (1937)
• La Grande Illusion (1938)
• The Marvelous Night (1940)
• Paradise Lost (1940)
• Romance of Paris (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)