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Pierre Tchernia

Pierre Tchernia

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29 Jan 1928
08 Oct 2016
Paris, France

Biography

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 ins...

Also Known As

Pierre Tcherniakowsky, Pierre Rochefort, Monsieur Cinéma

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