Pierre Tchernia
- Writing
- January 29, 1928 · Paris, France
- October 8, 2016
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. Source: Article "Pierre Tchernia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Filmography
- Kourou et l'épopée spatiale française · Self
- Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol · Self / Interviewer (archive footage)
- The Clouzot Scandal · Self
- De Gaulle, the Last King of France · Self
- Readymade, Emile Reynaud et la peinture s'anima · Writer
- Asterix at the Olympic Games · Le narrateur (Voice)
- Bravo Charlot! · Self
- Asterix and the Vikings · Le narrateur (Voice)
- Paul Grimault, image par image · Self
- How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra · Self
- Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra · Caius Gaspachoandalus / Le narrateur
- Le Club : Claude Jade · Self
- Tintin voyageur du siècle · Narrateur
- Vivement dimanche · Self
- Les Enfants de la télé · Self
- Héloïse · Narrateur, Director
- L'Huissier · Director
- Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé · Director, Adaptation
- Les Nuls, l'émission · Self
- Turning Table · The Mockingbird (Voice)
- Bonjour l'angoisse · Writer, Director
- Téléthon · Self
- Sacrée soirée · Self
- Nulle part ailleurs · Self
- Asterix in Britain · Adaptation
- Les Rois du gag · Presenter of the Césars
- Asterix vs. Caesar · Writer
- L'Académie des 9 · Self
- Champs-Elysées · Self
- Le Voyageur imprudent · Director, Adaptation
- Signé Furax · Un agent de l'Obélisque
- The Other One's Mug · Director
- La Grâce · Director, Writer
- Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons · Other
- Le Passe-muraille · Director
- The Twelve Tasks of Asterix · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay
- Cérémonie des César · Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche · Self
- Apostrophes · Self
- Spécial cinéma · Self
- La Gueule de l’emploi · Le colleur d'affiches
- The Down-in-the-Hole Gang · Director, Screenplay
- Aujourd'hui à Paris · Director, Writer
- Midi trente · Self
- The Annuity · Director, Writer
- Daisy Town · Screenplay, Adaptation
- Samedi soir · Self
- Le Francophonissime · Présentation
- Asterix and Cleopatra · Screenplay
- The Little Bather · Le président du jury (uncredited), Screenplay
- La Bonne Peinture
- Deux Romains en Gaule · Voix-off, Director
- Si Perrault m'était conté · Self
- Killer Spy · Interviewer
- The Counterfeit Constable · Director, Writer
- Le Café liégeois · Director
- Carom Shots · Legris, nouveau cadre supérieur de 321 (uncredited), Adaptation
- War of the Buttons · Bédouin, rural warden
- A Horse for Two · Other agent who arrests the suitcase thief
- Rue du Havre
- The American Beauty · Announcer, Director
- On purge bébé · Horace Truchet
- Discorama · Self
- L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle · Le commissaire de police
- There Is the Brunette · Guissauguet - le client
- Le Violon de l'orphéon · Narrator (Voice), Writer
- En direct de... · Self
- Cinépanorama · Self
- Messieurs les farfelus · Caméo