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Pierre Tchernia

Writing • Born 1928

Pierre Tchernia

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About

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...

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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra posterAsterix & Obelix: Mission CleopatraMovie • 2002Asterix at the Olympic Games posterAsterix at the Olympic GamesMovie • 2008Asterix and the Vikings posterAsterix and the VikingsMovie • 2006The Twelve Tasks of Asterix posterThe Twelve Tasks of AsterixMovie • 1976Asterix in Britain posterAsterix in BritainMovie • 1986Asterix and Cleopatra posterAsterix and CleopatraMovie • 1968Daisy Town posterDaisy TownMovie • 1971The Annuity posterThe AnnuityMovie • 1972The Down-in-the-Hole Gang posterThe Down-in-the-Hole GangMovie • 1974Asterix vs. Caesar posterAsterix vs. CaesarMovie • 1985Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons posterLucky Luke: The Ballad of the DaltonsMovie • 1978Carom Shots posterCarom ShotsMovie • 1963War of the Buttons posterWar of the ButtonsMovie • 1962The Little Bather posterThe Little BatherMovie • 1968Les Rois du gag posterLes Rois du gagMovie • 1985The Other One's Mug posterThe Other One's MugMovie • 1979The American Beauty posterThe American BeautyMovie • 1961