Christelle Matou(she/her) is a Parisian native with roots from the Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe. She earned a Master of Fine Arts for Stage and Film from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2018 and has since worked on many rewarding productions. As a production designer, Christelle worked on critically acclaimed short film Cracked (directed by Lin Que Ayoung) and streamed film The Couple Next Door (directed by Abbesi Akhamie). Christelle’s credits as production designer include critically acclaimed short films such as A Mutual Understanding, The Mailbox, Nowhere, LP, Music Video Black Girl Magic, and streaming series pilot B-Sides. 

Christelle’s most recent work includes her production design on the streamed opera WGBH/Boston Baroque production of Amadigi Di Gaula and 2023 released feature What We Do Next, directed by Stephen Belber.

Christelle’s film credits as costume designer include A Lullaby To Love, Confidence, Splashes of Dye, and Kashmir. Her costume design work for stage encompasses theatre, concerts, dance productions, and opera such as The Glimmerglass Festival’s productions of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Verdi’s Il Trovatore and Offenbach’s Songbird
(La Périchole).