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