Pierre Lescure

Born: 1945-07-02

Pierre Lescure (born July 2, 1945), is a French journalist and television executive. He is known for having founded the French TV music show Les Enfants du rock broadcast on public television from 1981 to 1988 and for having led the French Canal+ channel from its creation in 1984 to 2002. Since 2015 he has been the president of the Cannes Film Festival. He is the son of François Lescure, French Resistance member and journalist for the French communist daily newspaper L'Humanité, and the grandson of Pierre de Lescure, founder of the publishing house Les Éditions de Minuit. He grew up in Choisy-le-Roi. He studied journalism at the Centre de formation des journalistes de Paris. He started his career at the radio station RTL, where he was reporter and news anchor from 1965 to 1968, and moved to RMC from 1968 to 1972. He started working in television as a news anchor of the evening news program of the French public network Antenne 2. In 1981, he created the TV music show Les Enfants du rock. He supported the candidacy of François Hollande during the 2012 French presidential election, and has led a mission about Culture and Media in his government. He became president of the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.


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Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

as Pierre Lescure
Released: 1994-03-09

A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening,...

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Ladies' Choice

as Bruno Estier
Released: 1982-09-28

As a result of an automobile accident, a sophisticated TV producer meets her car mechanic/blue...

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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-01-07

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about...

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By the Pricking of My Thumbs

as le commissaire Richard
Released: 2005-04-13

The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.

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A Day at the Museum

as Christian
Released: 2008-11-19

Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un...

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Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

as Self
Released: 2018-11-21

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Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès

as Self
Released: 2022-08-24

Dark suit, white shirt, earpiece and wooden plate ..., his style remains anchored in the...

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La télé de Valérie Lemercier

as uncredited
Released: 2017-11-23

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La folie des années 90

as uncredited
Released: 2010-03-01

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Étienne Robial, un spécimen de caractère(s)

as Self - Journalist, chairman of Canal+
Released: 2023-05-17

Documentary on the French graphic and visual artist and designer, editor, artistic director, and...

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Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires

as Self
Released: 2016-03-14

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Pierre & Lescure

as uncredited
Released: 2020-12-27

Journalist, columnist, creator of the show Children of Rock, boss of Universal Studios, founder...

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Les Guignols de l'info

as Self
First aired: 1988-08-29

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Nulle part ailleurs

as Self
First aired: 1987-08-31

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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self
First aired: 2022-12-21

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Vivement dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1998-09-20

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C à vous

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 2009-09-07

Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news....

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Stars 90

as self
First aired: 1990-09-03

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Quelle époque !

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2022-09-24

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Beau geste

as Self - Host
First aired: 2023-01-22

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Télévision (histoires secrètes)

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1996-04-20

The behind-the-scenes story of French television… This documentary unveils the lesser-known...

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Cannes Festival

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2022-05-17

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La Guerre des télés

as Self
First aired: 2007-06-14

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Lescure : Tôt ou tard

as Self - Host
First aired: 2010-11-07

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