Pierre Tchernia
Known for Writing · 50 credits
- Born
- 1928-01-29
- Died
- 2016-10-08
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Pierre Tcherniakowsky · Pierre Rochefort · Monsieur Cinéma
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
TV Shows (19)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
Apostrophes
1975
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
L'Académie des 9
1982
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Discorama
1959
as Self - Host
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Téléthon
1987
as Self
Cérémonie des César
1976
as Self - Host
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
as Self - Guest
Si Perrault m'était conté
1966
as Self
En direct de...
1956
as self
Les Enfants de la télé
1994
as Self - Co-Host
Le Francophonissime
1969
as Présentation
Movies (31)
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
as Caius Gaspachoandalus / Le narrateur
Asterix at the Olympic Games
2008
as Le narrateur (voice)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
1976
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Asterix and the Vikings
2006
as Le narrateur (voice)
The Clouzot Scandal
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Little Bather
1968
as Le président du jury (uncredited)
War of the Buttons
1962
as Bédouin, rural warden
Carom Shots
1963
as Legris, nouveau cadre supérieur de 321 (uncredited)
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
as Self - Actor
The American Beauty
1961
as Announcer
Signé Furax
1981
as Un agent de l'Obélisque
Deux Romains en Gaule
1967
as Voix-off
Turning Table
1988
as The Mockingbird (voice)
Kourou et l'épopée spatiale française
2019
as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Les Rois du gag
1985
as Presenter of the Césars
Paul Grimault, image par image
2003
as Self
La Gueule de l’emploi
1974
as Le colleur d'affiches
There Is the Brunette
1958
as Guissauguet - le client
Héloïse
1991
as Narrateur
Killer Spy
1965
as Interviewer
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
2019
as Self / Interviewer (archive footage)
On purge bébé
1961
as Horace Truchet
La Bonne Peinture
1967
A Horse for Two
1962
as Other agent who arrests the suitcase thief
Le Violon de l'orphéon
1957
as Narrator (voice)
Le Club : Claude Jade
2001
as Self
Tintin voyageur du siècle
2001
as Narrateur
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle
1959
as Le commissaire de police
Bravo Charlot!
2007
as Self
Messieurs les farfelus
as Caméo
About Pierre Tchernia
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 enro… With 50 credits spanning from 1956 to 2019, Pierre Tchernia has appeared in 31 films and 19 TV shows.
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- Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) — as Caius Gaspachoandalus / Le narrateur
- Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008) — as Le narrateur (voice)
- The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) — as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Asterix and the Vikings (2006) — as Le narrateur (voice)
- The Clouzot Scandal (2017) — as Self (archive footage)
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