Pierre Tchernia

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 Fords 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 CCBYSA