Bernard Pivot

91, from Lyon, Rhône, France

Artwork for Days of DarknessImage of Bernard Pivot

Biography

Bernard Pivot is a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. After starting law studies in Lyon, Pivot entered the Centre de formation des journalistes in Paris where he met his future wife, Monique. After an internship at Le Progrès in Lyon, he joined the Figaro Littéraire in 1958. In 1985, Pivot created the Championnats mondiaux d'orthographe (world spelling championships). He has been Chairman of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2019.

Timeline

2023Aged 88

  • Poster for Paris Rendez-vous

    Le bouquiniste

  • Poster for L'Âge d'or de la pub

    Self (archive footage)

2022Aged 87

  • Poster for La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    Self (archive footage)

2021Aged 86

  • Poster for Mitterrand et la télé

    Self (archive footage)

2020Aged 85

  • Poster for Delphine and Carole

    Self (archive footage)

2018Aged 83

  • Poster for Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

    Self - TV Host (archive footage)

2017Aged 82

  • Poster for Valérian, histoire d'une création

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Belmondo, le magnifique

    Self (archive footage)

2016Aged 81

  • Poster for I Betrayed Hitler

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Au secours ! Les mots m'ont mangé

    The Writer

2015Aged 80

  • Poster for Les vendredis d'Apostrophes

    Self

2012Aged 77

  • Poster for Football Rebels

    Self

2007Aged 72

  • Poster for Days of Darkness

    Bernard Pivot

2005Aged 70

  • Poster for Un fil à la patte

    (Unknown)

1997Aged 62

  • Poster for The Gods Must Be Daring

    (Unknown)

1990Aged 55

  • Poster for Forgery and the Use of Forgeries

    Bernard Pivot

1985Aged 50

  • Poster for Going and Coming Back

    Bernard Pivot

1983Aged 48

  • Poster for Dorothée : Le Show

    Teacher

1976Aged 41

  • Poster for Maso and Miso Go Boating

    Self (archive footage)

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