Person Details

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Aliases: Pierre Tcherniakowsky , Pierre Rochefort , Monsieur Cinéma

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Paris, France

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Movie Involvements: 43

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Average
7

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

(1976) Screenplay
Asterix and Cleopatra
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7

Asterix and Cleopatra

(1968) Screenplay
Asterix vs. Caesar
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7

Asterix vs. Caesar

(1985) Writer
Asterix in Britain
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7

Asterix in Britain

(1986) Adaptation
The Little Bather
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7

The Little Bather

(1968) Screenplay
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
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6

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

(1974) Screenplay
The Other One's Mug
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6

The Other One's Mug

(1979) Director
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
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7

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2019 Self (archive footage)
Self / Interviewer (archive footage)
2017 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2008 Le narrateur (voice)
2007 Self
2006 Le narrateur (voice)
2003 Himself
2002 Caius Gaspachoandalus / Le narrateur
2001 Self
Narrateur
1998 Self
1994 Self - Co-Host
1991 Narrateur
1990 Self - Guest
1988 The Mockingbird
1987 Self
Self
Self
1985 Le présentateur des Césars
1982 Self
Self
1981 Un agent de l'Obélisque
1976 Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1975 Self
Self
1974 Self
Le colleur d'affiches
1972 Self
1971 Self
1968 Le président du jury (uncredited)
1967 N/A
Voix-off
1966 lui-même
1965 Interviewer
1963 Legris, new senior executive of 321 (uncredited)
1962 Bédouin, rural warden
Other agent who arrests the suitcase thief
1961 Announcer
Horace Truchet
1959 Self - Host
Le commissaire de police
1958 Guissauguet - le client
1957 Narrator (voice)
1956 self
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Directing


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