1928-01-29 Paris, France
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.
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Kourou et l'épopée spatiale française | Self (archive footage) | 2019-06-13 |
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Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol | Self / Interviewer (archive footage) | 2019-06-05 |
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Le Scandale Clouzot | Self (archive footage) | 2017-10-17 |
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De Gaulle, le dernier roi de France | Self (archive footage) | 2017-03-27 |
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Astérix aux Jeux olympiques | Le narrateur (voice) | 2008-01-25 |
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Bravo Charlot! | Self | 2007-12-15 |
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Astérix et les Vikings | Le narrateur (voice) | 2006-04-12 |
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Paul Grimault, image par image | Self | 2003-11-25 |
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Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre | Caius Gaspachoandalus / Le narrateur | 2002-01-30 |
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Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre, le comankonafé | Self - Actor | 2002-08-28 |
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Le Club: Claude Jade | Self | 2001-04-11 |
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Tintin voyageur du siècle | Narrateur | 2001-01-01 |
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Héloïse | Narrateur | 1991-01-23 |
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La Table tournante | The Mockingbird | 1988-12-21 |
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Les Rois du gag | Presenter of the Césars | 1985-03-12 |
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Signé Furax | Un agent de l'Obélisque | 1981-04-01 |
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Les 12 travaux d'Astérix | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1976-06-26 |
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La Gueule de l’emploi | Le colleur d'affiches | 1974-03-27 |
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Le Petit Baigneur | Le président du jury (uncredited) | 1968-03-22 |
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Deux Romains en Gaule | Voix-off | 1967-02-25 |
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La bonne peinture | 1967-11-24 | |
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Pleins feux sur Stanislas | Interviewer | 1965-09-23 |
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Carambolages | Legris, new senior executive of 321 (uncredited) | 1963-05-17 |
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La Guerre des boutons | Bédouin, rural warden | 1962-04-18 |
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Un cheval pour deux | Other agent who arrests the suitcase thief | 1962-01-24 |
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On purge bébé | Horace Truchet | 1961-03-04 |
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La Belle Américaine | Announcer | 1961-09-29 |
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L'anglais tel qu'on le parle | Le commissaire de police | 1959-01-01 |
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La Brune que voilà | Guissauguet - le client | 1958-01-01 |
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Le violon de l'orphéon | Narrator (voice) | 1957-03-23 |
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Messieurs les farfelus | Caméo |
