Quick Facts
Born:
1945-07-02
Birthplace:
Paris, France
Credits:
32 Total Roles
Pierre Lescure
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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'HumanitĂ©, and the grandson of Pierre de Lescure, founder of the publishing house Les Ăditions 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.
He is the son of François Lescure, French Resistance member and journalist for the French communist daily newspaper L'HumanitĂ©, and the grandson of Pierre de Lescure, founder of the publishing house Les Ăditions 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.
Known For
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Pierre Lescure
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
le commissaire Richard
Ladies' Choice
Bruno Estier
A Day at the Museum
Christian
Nulle part ailleurs
Self
Vivement dimanche
Self
No Goal
Lui-mĂȘme
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
Self
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jean-Claude Darmon - L'argentier : L'homme, le pouvoir, le foot MOVIE | Self |
| 2024 | Jibé et Lucien en coulisses TV | Self |
| 2023 | Ătienne Robial, un spĂ©cimen de caractĂšre(s) MOVIE | Self - Journalist, chairman of Canal+ |
| 2023 | Beau geste TV | Self - Host |
| 2022 | Il Ă©tait une fois Champs-ĂlysĂ©es TV | Self |
| 2022 | Quelle Ă©poque ! TV | Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succÚs en excÚs MOVIE | Self |
| 2022 | Cannes Festival TV | Self - Guest |
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Pierre & Lescure MOVIE | Self |