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.
Known For
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
(1976)
Screenplay
Asterix in Britain
(1986)
Adaptation
Asterix Conquers America
(1994)
Idea
Asterix and Cleopatra
(1968)
Screenplay
Asterix vs. Caesar
(1985)
Writer
The Little Bather
(1968)
Screenplay
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
(1978)
Other
Daisy Town
(1971)
Screenplay, Adaptation, and Lyricist
The Annuity
(1972)
Writer
Carom Shots
(1963)
Adaptation
The American Beauty
(1961)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
Le violon de l'orphéon
(1957)
Writer
The American Beauty
(1961)
Screenplay
Carom Shots
(1963)
Adaptation
The Counterfeit Constable
(1964)
Writer
Asterix and Cleopatra
(1968)
Screenplay
The Little Bather
(1968)
Screenplay
Daisy Town
(1971)
Screenplay, Adaptation, and Lyricist
The Annuity
(1972)
Writer
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
(1974)
Screenplay
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
(1976)
Screenplay
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
(1978)
Other
Le Voyageur Imprudent
(1982)
Adaptation
Asterix vs. Caesar
(1985)
Writer
Asterix in Britain
(1986)
Adaptation
Bonjour l'angoisse
(1988)
Writer
Héloïse
(1991)
Screenplay and Adaptation
Asterix Conquers America
(1994)
Idea
Acting
Le violon de l'orphéon
(1957)
Narrator (voice)
There Is the Brunette
(1958)
Guissauguet - le client
On purge bébé
(1961)
Horace Truchet
The American Beauty
(1961)
Le speaker
War of the Buttons
(1962)
Bédouin, rural warden
A Horse for Two
(1962)
Carom Shots
(1963)
Legris, un nouveau cadre supérieur du 321
Killer Spy
(1965)
Deux Romains en Gaule
(1967)
Voix-off
La bonne peinture
(1967)
The Little Bather
(1968)
Le président du jury
La Gueule de l’emploi
(1974)
Le colleur d'affiches
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
(1976)
Le narrateur (voice)
Signé Furax
(1981)
Un agent de l'Obélisque
Les Rois du gag
(1985)
Le présentateur des Césars
Turning Table
(1988)
The Mockingbird
Héloïse
(1991)
Narrateur
Le Club: Claude Jade
(2001)
Self
Tintin voyageur du siècle
(2001)
Narrateur
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
(2002)
Caius Gaspachoandalus / Le narrateur
Paul Grimault, image par image
(2003)
Himself
Asterix and the Vikings
(2006)
Le narrateur (voice)
Bravo Charlot!
(2007)
Self
Asterix at the Olympic Games
(2008)
Le narrateur (voice)
The Clouzot Scandal
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
(2019)
Self / Interviewer (archive footage)
Kourou et l'épopée spatiale française
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Directing
The American Beauty
(1961)
Director
Le Café liégeois
(1963)
Director
The Counterfeit Constable
(1964)
Director
Deux Romains en Gaule
(1967)
Director
The Annuity
(1972)
Director
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
(1974)
Director
Le Passe-muraille
(1977)
Director
The Other One's Mug
(1979)
Director
La Grâce
(1979)
Director
Le Voyageur Imprudent
(1982)
Director
Bonjour l'angoisse
(1988)
Director
L'Huissier
(1991)
Director
Héloïse
(1991)
Director