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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Biography from TMDB.
- July 2, 1945 (81)
- Paris, France
- Actor and producer
- 13 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Pierre Lescure's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 10 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 10 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 6 · Charged 7 · Intense 0
Steady 6 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 4
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 9 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 1
Resolved 11 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Heraldas Récitant in Un jour dans la vie du cinéma français (2002)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Pierre Lescure's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Pierre Lescure's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 25 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Beau geste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Pierre & Lescure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Le temps d'une histoire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Gainsbourg and His Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Musée haut, musée bas(2008)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Humanité (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Between Your Legs(1999)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
American Cuisine(1998)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Didier(1997)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Monster(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Fanfan(1993)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Van Gogh(1991)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
No Goal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Sex Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Ladies' Choice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Les Enfants Du Rock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Career shape
Star power in the 44th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 1982 to 2026; peak year 2005.
Biggest box office
The Monster (1994)
Highest rated
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)
Most popular right now
The Monster (1994)
Film career
Peak 2005 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1982Screen debut· Ladies' Choice
How do Pierre Lescure's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Pierre Lescure work with?
People who share at least 2 of Pierre Lescure's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; André Rousselet shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Alain ChabatShared titles: L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001), Didier (1997), Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)See all 3 shared titles with Alain Chabat
Actors
- Eddy MitchellShared titles: L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001), American Cuisine (1998), Happiness Is in the Field (1995), The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1991)See all 4 shared titles with Eddy Mitchell
- Chantal LaubyShared titles: Didier (1997), Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Chantal Lauby
- Dominique FarrugiaShared titles: Didier (1997), Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Dominique Farrugia
- Michel SerraultShared titles: Happiness Is in the Field (1995), The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Michel Serrault
Composers and cinematographers
- Laurent DaillandShared titles: Didier (1997), Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Laurent Dailland
- Philippe ChanyShared titles: Didier (1997), Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Philippe Chany
Producers
- André RousseletShared titles: Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994), Fanfan (1993), The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991), The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1991), Van Gogh (1991)See all 5 shared titles with André Rousselet
- Claude BerriShared titles: Didier (1997), The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1991), Van Gogh (1991)See all 3 shared titles with Claude Berri
- Gérard Jourd'huiShared titles: L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001), The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Gérard Jourd'hui
- Frédérique Dumas-ZajdelaShared titles: American Cuisine (1998), The Monster (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela
