Biography
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 grandso...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Étienne Robial, un spécimen de caractère(s)
2023
as Self - Journalist, chairman of Canal+
Documentary on the French graphic and visual artist and designer, editor, artistic director, and teacher who is known for his widely-used fonts.
Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès
2022
as Self
Dark suit, white shirt, earpiece and wooden plate ..., his style remains anchored in the collective memory. Favorite host́ of the French during the 20...
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
as Self (archive footage)
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions wa...
Pierre & Lescure
2020
Journalist, columnist, creator of the show Children of Rock, boss of Universal Studios, founder and president of Canal +, president of the Cannes film...
La télé des Nuls
2019
as Self
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018
as Self
La télé de Valérie Lemercier
2017
as Self
Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires
2016
as Self
La folie des années 90
2010
as Self
Gainsbourg and His Girls
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Provocative, misunderstood, unloved, cynical poet... Serge Gainsbourg as seen by the women in his life: Juliette Gréco, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, ...
A Day at the Museum
2008
as Christian
Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin,...
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2005
as le commissaire Richard
The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.
Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces
2003
Director
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...
Humanité
1999
Co-Producer
In a quiet little French town, two detectives are tasked with investigating the brutal rape and murder of a preteen girl.
Les Guignols, les 10 premières années
1999
as Self
A four-hour journey through the first ten years of Les Guignols. Cult sequences, historic sketches, reference expressions... offer sixty or so “Guigno...
The Monster
1994
Producer
A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, thanks to his unfortunate ha...
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
1994
as Pierre Lescure
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, w...
Van Gogh
1991
Producer
After leaving the asylum, Vincent van Gogh settles in the home of Doctor Gachet, where he keeps painting amidst the torments of his failing mental hea...
Ladies' Choice
1982
as Bruno Estier
As a result of an automobile accident, a sophisticated TV producer meets her car mechanic/blue collar nemesis. They start a comic affair, but can they...