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Pierre Lescure

Pierre Lescure

Director & actor · born 2 July 1945 · Paris, France

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.

Where to start: Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994).

As director 1

As actor 17

TV shows 4

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Pierre Lescure movie?

By viewer score, Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994) at 7.5/10.

What are Pierre Lescure’s most popular movies?

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Ladies' Choice.

How many movies has Pierre Lescure made?

18 films on TMDB, 1 as director, 17 as actor.

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