Bernard Pivot

Personal Info

Birthday

May 5, 1935

Day of Death

2024-05-06

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Lyon, Rhône, France

Also Known As

Bernard Claude Pivot

Bernard Pivot

Biography

Bernard Pivot was a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. In 1985, Pivot created the Championnats mondiaux d'orthographe (world spelling championships). He has been Chairman of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2019.

Known For

Apostrophes

Going and Coming Back

Days of Darkness

Paris Rendez-vous

Dorothée : Le Show

Forgery and the Use of Forgeries

Au secours ! Les mots m'ont mangé

Filmography

2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
Paris Rendez-vous
as Le bouquiniste
2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Mitterrand et la télé
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Delphine and Carole
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2017
Belmondo, le magnifique
as Self (archive footage)
Valérian, histoire d'une création
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Au secours ! Les mots m'ont mangé
as The Writer
I Betrayed Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
as Self
2012
Football Rebels
as Self
2007
Days of Darkness
as Bernard Pivot
1990
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries
as Bernard Pivot
1985
Going and Coming Back
as Bernard Pivot
1983
Dorothée : Le Show
as Teacher
1976
Maso and Miso Go Boating
as Self (archive footage)