Pierre Tchernia
Writing
Born January 29, 1928 in 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.
Filmography
Kourou et l'épopée spatiale française
Self (archive footage)
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
Self / Interviewer (archive footage)
The Clouzot Scandal
Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage)
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Le narrateur (voice)
Bravo Charlot!
Self
Asterix and the Vikings
Le narrateur (voice)
Paul Grimault, image par image
Self
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Self - Actor
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Caius Gaspachoandalus / Le narrateur
Tintin voyageur du siècle
Narrateur
Vivement dimanche
Self
Les Enfants de la télé
Self - Co-Host
Héloïse
Narrateur
L'Huissier
Les Nuls, l'émission
Self - Guest
Turning Table
The Mockingbird (voice)
Bonjour l'angoisse
Téléthon
Self
Sacrée soirée
Self
Nulle part ailleurs
Self
Asterix in Britain
Les Rois du gag
Presenter of the Césars
Asterix vs. Caesar
L'Académie des 9
Self
Champs-Elysées
Self
Le Voyageur imprudent
Signé Furax
Un agent de l'Obélisque
The Other One's Mug
La Grâce
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
Le Passe-muraille
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cérémonie des César
Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Apostrophes
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self
La Gueule de l’emploi
Le colleur d'affiches
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
Midi trente
Self
The Annuity
Daisy Town
Le Francophonissime
Présentation
Asterix and Cleopatra
The Little Bather
Le président du jury (uncredited)
La Bonne Peinture
Deux Romains en Gaule
Voix-off
Si Perrault m'était conté
Self
Killer Spy
Interviewer
The Counterfeit Constable
Le Café liégeois
Carom Shots
Legris, nouveau cadre supérieur de 321 (uncredited)
War of the Buttons
Bédouin, rural warden
A Horse for Two
Other agent who arrests the suitcase thief
The American Beauty
Announcer
On purge bébé
Horace Truchet
Discorama
Self - Host
There Is the Brunette
Guissauguet - le client
Le Violon de l'orphéon
Narrator (voice)
En direct de...
self
Cinépanorama
Self