# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pierre-lescure
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:53:47.725Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pierre-lescure"
name: "Pierre Lescure"
slug: "pierre-lescure"
description: "Pierre Lescure 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. He was the president of the Cannes Film Festival from 2014 to 2022."
tagline: "French journalist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Pierre_Lescure_2012.jpg/330px-Pierre_Lescure_2012.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1945-07-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.293865333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/pierrelescure"
    handle:    "pierrelescure"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503928/"
    handle:    "nm0503928"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3385949"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Lescure"
    title: "Pierre Lescure"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "پير ليسكور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "پیر لسکیور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Lescure"
    title: "Pierre Lescure"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Lescure"
    title: "Pierre Lescure"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4120627"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/507238"
    title: "Pierre Lescure"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views