Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthdate
1928-01-29
Day of Death
2016-10-08
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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. Source: Article "Pierre Tchernia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography (30)
Kourou et l'épopée spatiale française
2019
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
2019
The Clouzot Scandal
2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
Asterix at the Olympic Games
2008
Bravo Charlot!
2007
Asterix and the Vikings
2006
Paul Grimault, image par image
2003
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002Le Club: Claude Jade
2001
Tintin voyageur du siècle
2001
Héloïse
1991
Turning Table
1988
