Pierre Tchernia
Pierre Tchernia (born Pierre Tcherniakowski on 29 January 1928 in Paris), is a French cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor. In France he is known as "Magic" Tchernia and Monsieur Cinema.
Career
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. He has also been host or presenter for various French talk, variety, quiz and music shows over the years. 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.
Asterix
A good friend of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the creators of Asterix, he has narrated many of the Asterix films in the original French, and written the screenplay for 4 of them. He has also been caricatured numerous times in the series:
Podcasts:
Pierre Tchernia
ALBUMS
Les Plus Belles Chansons des grands films de Walt Disney : L'Album Anniversaire
Released 1998- Introduction de Pierre Tchernia
- Blanche-neige et les sept nains 'Heig-Ho'
- Pinocchio 'Quand on prie la bonne étoile'
- Dumbo 'Mon tout petit'
- Bambi 'La chanson de la pluie'
- Cendrillon 'Tendre rêve'
- Alice au Pays des Merveilles 'Je suis en retard'
- Peter Pan 'Tu t'envoles'
- La Belle et le Clochard 'Belle nuit'
- La Belle au Bois Dormant 'J'en ai rêvé'
- Les 101 Dalmatiens 'Cruella de Ville'
- Merlin l'Enchanteur 'Higitus Figitus'
- Le Livre de la Jungle 'Il en faut peu pour être heureux'
- Les Aristochats 'Les Aristocats'
