Pierre Tchernia

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Pierre Tchernia was born Pierre Tcherniakowski on January 29, 1928 in Paris. In France known as "Magic" Tchernia and Monsieur Cinema, he is a cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor.

1 Career
2 Asterix
3 Filmography (selected)
4 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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:

initially in Pilote 306 he is shown interviewing Asterix about the upcoming story Asterix in Britain
in Asterix the Legionary he is pictured as one of the Roman officers around Caesar's map table
in Pilote 556 the announcement page for Asterix in Switzerland has him hosting a game show with Asterix as guest and Goscinny & Uderzo as contestants
in Asterix in Corsica he is "Centurion Hippopotamus" of the Roman camp of Totorum
in Asterix and Caesar's Gift he appears as one of the soldiers being demobbed
in Obelix and Co. he is part of the demoralized troop being replaced at the start of the story -- drinking from an amphora of wine, he is seen being carried out by caricatures of Goscinny and Uderzo
in Asterix in Belgium he is a legionary who has no problem with being beaten up by Obelix after having been stationed in Belgium

[edit] Filmography (selected)

1949 part of the first French television news
1961 L'Ami Public n°1 — host of a series on the films of Walt Disney
1966 won the Rose d'Or (Golden Rose) at the Montreux festival
1966 Monsieur Cinéma television quiz show (host)
1968 Asterix and Cleopatra — screenwriter/film adaption
1971 Daisy Town (Lucky Luke) — lyrics
1976 The Twelve Tasks of Asterix — screenwriter/narrator in the original French
1978 The Ballad of the Dalton Gang (Lucky Luke) — screenwriter
1985 Asterix Versus Caesar — screenwriter/narrator in the original French
1986 Asterix in Britain — screenwriter/film adaption
2002 Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra — played "Caius Gaspachoandalus"/narrator in the original French
2006 Asterix and the Vikings — narrator in the original French