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 occasion…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) — Caius Gaspachoandalus / Le narrateur
2. Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008) — Le narrateur (voice)
3. The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
4. Asterix and the Vikings (2006) — Le narrateur (voice)
5. The Little Bather (1968) — Le président du jury (uncredited)
6. War of the Buttons (1962) — Bédouin, rural warden
7. The American Beauty (1961) — Announcer
8. Carom Shots (1963) — Legris, nouveau cadre supérieur de 321 (uncredited)
9. Les Rois du gag (1985) — Presenter of the Césars
10. How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) — Self - Actor
11. Signé Furax (1981) — Un agent de l'Obélisque
12. Turning Table (1988) — The Mockingbird (voice)
13. The Clouzot Scandal (2017) — Self (archive footage)
14. Nulle part ailleurs (1987) — Self
15. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
16. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
17. Les Enfants de la télé (1994) — Self - Co-Host
18. Les Nuls, l'émission (1990) — Self - Guest
19. Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol (2019) — Self / Interviewer (archive footage)
20. La Gueule de l’emploi (1974) — Le colleur d'affiches
21. Deux Romains en Gaule (1967) — Voix-off
22. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
23. Cérémonie des César (1976) — Self - Host
24. There Is the Brunette (1958) — Guissauguet - le client
25. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
26. Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
27. A Horse for Two (1962) — Other agent who arrests the suitcase thief
28. Killer Spy (1965) — Interviewer
29. Kourou et l'épopée spatiale française (2019) — Self (archive footage)
30. On purge bébé (1961) — Horace Truchet
31. Héloïse (1991) — Narrateur
32. Paul Grimault, image par image (2003) — Self
33. De Gaulle, the Last King of France (2017) — Self (archive footage)
34. Si Perrault m'était conté (1966) — Self
35. L'Académie des 9 (1982) — Self
36. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
37. Bravo Charlot! (2007) — Self
38. La Bonne Peinture (1967)
39. L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle (1959) — Le commissaire de police
40. Midi trente (1972) — Self

Directed

1. The Annuity (1972) — Director
2. The American Beauty (1961) — Director
3. The Down-in-the-Hole Gang (1974) — Director
4. The Other One's Mug (1979) — Director
5. The Counterfeit Constable (1964) — Director
6. Bonjour l'angoisse (1988) — Director
7. Le Passe-muraille (1977) — Director
8. Le Voyageur imprudent (1982) — Director
9. Deux Romains en Gaule (1967) — Director
10. La Grâce (1979) — Director
11. L'Huissier (1991) — Director
12. Héloïse (1991) — Director
13. Le Café liégeois (1963) — Director
14. Aujourd'hui à Paris (1972) — Director
15. Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé (1990) — Director