Personal Info
Known For:
Writing
Birthday:
January 29, 1928
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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Pierre Tchernia
Biography
Pierre Tcherniakowski (29 January 1928 – 8 October 2016), better known as Pierre Tchernia, was a French cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor. In France, he was known as "Magic" Tchernia and Monsieur Cinema.
Born in Paris as Pierre Tcherniakowski, he was the youngest of four children. His father, a Ukrainian immigrant, was an engineer and his mother a seamstress. He grew up in Courbevoie. In 1940, at age 12, he saw John Ford's Western Stagecoach and was inspired to work in cinema. After graduation, he enrolled in a film and photography technical school, and then joined the Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies.
He was part of the creation of the first televised news in France in 1949 and was an early French news presenter. In 1955 he became a producer of animation (with a heavy influence from the early animation of Walt Disney). For many years he hosted a television game show of movie trivia, Monsieur Cinéma (in French). He was also host or presenter for various French talk, variety, quiz and music shows over the years such as La Clé des champs. Tchernia was the regular French commentator in the Eurovision Song Contest on 14 occasions from 1958 until 1974.
On 14 July 2011, he became Commandeur of the Legion of Honor.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kourou et l'épopée spatiale française | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol | Self / Interviewer (archive footage) |
| 2017 | The Clouzot Scandal | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | De Gaulle, the Last King of France | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | Le narrateur (voice) |
| 2007 | Bravo Charlot! | Self |
| 2006 | Asterix and the Vikings | Le narrateur (voice) |
| 2003 | Paul Grimault, image par image | Self |
| 2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Caius Gaspachoandalus / Le narrateur |
| 2002 | How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Self - Actor |
| 2001 | Le Club: Claude Jade | Self |
| 2001 | Tintin voyageur du siècle | Narrateur |
| 1991 | Héloïse | Narrateur |
| 1988 | Turning Table | The Mockingbird (voice) |
| 1985 | Les Rois du gag | Presenter of the Césars |
| 1981 | Signé Furax | Un agent de l'Obélisque |
| 1976 | The Twelve Tasks of Asterix | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1974 | La Gueule de l’emploi | Le colleur d'affiches |
| 1968 | The Little Bather | Le président du jury (uncredited) |
| 1967 | La bonne peinture | |
| 1967 | Deux Romains en Gaule | Voix-off |
| 1965 | Killer Spy | Interviewer |
| 1963 | Carom Shots | Legris, nouveau cadre supérieur de 321 (uncredited) |
| 1962 | A Horse for Two | Other agent who arrests the suitcase thief |
| 1962 | War of the Buttons | Bédouin, rural warden |
| 1961 | On purge bébé | Horace Truchet |
| 1961 | The American Beauty | Announcer |
| 1959 | L'anglais tel qu'on le parle | Le commissaire de police |
| 1958 | There Is the Brunette | Guissauguet - le client |
| 1957 | Le Violon de l'orphéon | Narrator (voice) |
| Messieurs les farfelus | Caméo |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self |
| 1994 | Les Enfants de la télé | Self - Co-Host |
| 1990 | Les Nuls, l'émission | Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Nulle part ailleurs | Self |
| 1987 | Téléthon | Self |
| 1987 | Sacrée Soirée | Self |
| 1982 | L'Académie des 9 | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1975 | Apostrophes | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1971 | Samedi soir | Self |
| 1969 | Le Francophonissime | Présentation |
| 1966 | Si Perrault m'était conté | Self |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self - Host |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |
| 1956 | En direct de... | self |