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Pierre Lescure

Pierre Lescure

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 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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Male

Birthday

1945-07-02

Place of Birth

Paris, France

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Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires

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Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

19947.5 / 10

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

20056.2 / 10

La télé de Valérie Lemercier

La télé de Valérie Lemercier

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Étienne Robial, un spécimen de caractère(s)

Étienne Robial, un spécimen de caractère(s)

20238.0 / 10

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

20186.0 / 10

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

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

20228.0 / 10

Ladies' Choice

Ladies' Choice

19826.1 / 10

La folie des années 90

La folie des années 90

20100.0 / 10

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

20227.2 / 10

Pierre & Lescure

Pierre & Lescure

20208.0 / 10

Les Guignols de l'info - L’Exclusive des 10 ans des Guignols

Les Guignols de l'info - L’Exclusive des 10 ans des Guignols

19997.0 / 10

A Day at the Museum

A Day at the Museum

20084.5 / 10

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

20020.0 / 10

La télé des Nuls

La télé des Nuls

20190.0 / 10

Gainsbourg and His Girls

Gainsbourg and His Girls

20104.1 / 10

Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces

Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces

20038.0 / 10

Humanité

Humanité

19996.8 / 10

The Monster

The Monster

19947.0 / 10

Van Gogh

Van Gogh

19916.8 / 10