Pierre Lescure
French journalist and television executive
Pierre Lescure (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ lɛskyʁ]; born c. 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 2002.2
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Born Jul 2, 1945.1
About
He was the president of the Cannes Film Festival from 2014 to 2022.
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Companies
- StudioCanalFounder14
Early life and education
- Date not recordedCentre de formation des journalistes3
Pierre Lescure was born around 1945 in Paris, France, 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.
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Career
Occupation: television executive, journalist, radio personality, businessperson, television presenter.8
- 2014 to 2022Cannes festival president7
- 1999 to 2001Chairperson, I-Télé7
- 1994 to 2002Président-directeur général, Canal+7
- 1984 to 1985Chief executive officer, Canal+7
- 1972 to 1974Worked at ORTF Télévision 24
- Date not recordedWorked at France 54
- Date not recordedWorked at Antenne 24
- Date not recordedWorked at Europe 14
- Date not recordedWorked at RTL4
- Date not recordedWorked at RMC4
- Date not recordedFounded StudioCanal5
- Date not recordedFounded Molotov TV6
Lescure 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 was founder of production company Canal+ Productions (later StudioCanal) and co-founder, with André Rousselet, of the company that started with the subscription TV channel Canal+ in 1984 and grew into Groupe Canal+. His friend Alain de Greef joined the company in 1986. Lescure was director-general/CEO until his ousting in 2002 after clashing with Jean-Marie Messier, chief executive of Vivendi, which had acquired the company. He proved very popular with media professionals and politicians during his time at Canal+.
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 was appointed president of the Cannes Film Festival in 2014, leading the festival from 2015.
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Personal life
Awards
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Sources
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- 1WikidataPierre Lescure on Wikidata
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- 12WikidataPierre Lescure: X, on Wikidata
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- 14WikidataStudioCanal, Founder
- 15Wikimedia CommonsPierre Lescure photo by Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 3.0