Antoine de Caunes explained

Antoine de Caunes
Birth Date:1 December 1953[1]
Birth Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Television presenter, actor, director
Children:3, including Emma de Caunes
Parents:Georges de Caunes
Jacqueline Joubert

Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953) is a French television presenter, actor, writer and film director.[2] [3] [4] [5] He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress Emma de Caunes.

Career

He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for Antenne 2 under the pseudonym of Paul Persavon, including Cobra and Space Sheriff Gavan (known in France as X-Or).

His early TV appearances included Chorus (1975), the series Les Enfants du rock, again for A2, and then his breakthrough with Nulle part ailleurs for Canal+.[6]

In 1988, De Caunes started making an English-language version of his French music programme Rapido, for Janet Street-Porter's youth and entertainment[7] programming strand DEF II, with new episodes of Rapido usually being broadcast as part of DEF II's Wednesday night schedule[8] [9] [10] on BBC2.[11] [12] He then went on to create the long-running magazine programme Eurotrash for Channel 4, with this humorous post-pub entertainment show[7] co-presented by Jean Paul Gaultier for the few series and featuring regular spots for European stars like Lolo Ferrari.[13] He also presented a short-lived chat show on Channel 4 called Le Show. In addition, he appeared in an advertising campaign for Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles ice lollies.

From 2013 until 2015, he hosted the daily evening show Le Grand Journal on Canal+.

He provided voices in the Aardman Animation TV show Rex the Runt.[14]

De Caunes launched a new magazine Vieux, about issues faced by the elderly, in May 2024.[15]

He is a long-time AIDS awareness campaigner, fronting the organisation French: {{ill|Solidarité sida|fr (AIDS Solidarity).[16]

Filmography

Film acting

Television acting

Directing

Voice work

Discography

Two CD titles, Il a pas peur de personne, Film Music by BO from the animated show Lucky Luke televised on France 3 and sold in 2001 by Sony Music.

Songwriter[26] [27]

Participation

Bibliography

Antoine de Caunes wrote his first book published with Éditions Albin Michel in the collection Rock & Folk in the Magma groupe:

He wrote two novels about the conquests of the New York private detective, Sam Murchinson:

Several collections of his speeches Nulle part ailleurs were published; texts written with Albert Algoud:

He also wrote a dictionary:

Radio shows

Notes and References

  1. News: Profile: Antoine de Caunes . . 22 September 2012 . London.
  2. News: Steeckler for accuracy . . 12 April 2004 . 22 September 2012 . London.
  3. Web site: Rose . Toby . France laps up De Caunes' tears of a clown . . 25 June 2008 . 22 September 2012 . London.
  4. Web site: Antoine de Caunes . Metro.co.uk . 27 October 2009 . 22 September 2012.
  5. News: Weinberg . Kate . Culture Clinic: Antoine de Caunes . The Daily Telegraph . 2 March 2009 . 22 September 2012 . London.
  6. http://www.filmfestivals.com/servlet/JSCRun?obj=FicheFilmfr&CfgPath=ffs/filmweb&id=2687 Les Morsures de L'Aube
  7. Web site: How we made Eurotrash: 'We'd look at all these strange kinks. It traumatised a generation' . . 19 September 2022 .
  8. Web site: BBC Programme Index . 22 March 1989 .
  9. Web site: Search - BBC Programme Index .
  10. Web site: BBC Programme Index . 9 May 1990 .
  11. News: James Rampton . Contentious? Moi? . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/contentious-moi-1319330.html . 7 May 2022 . subscription . live . . 17 February 1996 . 22 September 2012 . London.
  12. News: Serena Mackesy . Sads, mads and le lad - Arts & Entertainment . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/sads-mads-and-le-lad-1259361.html . 7 May 2022 . subscription . live . The Independent . 3 May 1997 . 22 September 2012 . London.
  13. News: Le dude . The Guardian . 8 May 1999. 22 September 2012 . London.
  14. Web site: IMDB page for Rex the Runt . IMDb.com . 6 December 2019.
  15. News: Allen . Peter . French enfant terrible starts magazine for OAP angst . The Daily Telegraph . 3 June 2024.
  16. Web site: Le mot d'Antoine et Luc . Solidarité sida . 8 March 2020 . fr.
  17. Web site: Mr. Bean's Holiday. 2021-07-26. Nndb.com.
  18. Web site: 48 heures par jour (Film, Comedy): Reviews, Ratings, Cast and Crew - Rate Your Music. 2021-07-26. Rateyourmusic.com.
  19. Web site: Mumu (2010) - Joël Séria Cast and Crew . Allmovie.com. en. 2021-07-26.
  20. Web site: Antoine de Caunes . https://web.archive.org/web/20170328162507/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba87ea561 . dead . 28 March 2017 . British Film Institute . 23 July 2018.
  21. Web site: T'en as (2000). 2021-07-26. En.unifrance.org. en.
  22. Web site: Média. Prisma. Antoine de Caunes - La biographie de Antoine de Caunes avec Gala.fr. 2021-07-26. Gala.fr. fr.
  23. News: Holden. Stephen. 2005-01-21. Embroidering the Fate of the First Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-07-26. 0362-4331.
  24. Web site: Désaccord parfait (2005). 2021-07-26. En.unifrance.org. en.
  25. Web site: Yann Piat, chronique d'un assassinat (2011) - STUDIOCANAL. live. 2021-07-26. Studio Canal. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726210459/https://www.studiocanal.com/title/yann-piat-chronique-dun-assassinat-2011/ . 26 July 2021 .
  26. Web site: Recherche: Paul Persavon . Bide-et-musique.com.
  27. Web site: Disque Séries TV et Dessins Animés Paul Persavon . Mange-Disque TV.
  28. Web site: Antoine de Caunes présente une quotidienne à la rentrée sur France Inter. France. Inter. 12 July 2017. Franceinter.fr.

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