Pierre Christin

Pierre Christin

Pierre Christin (born 27 July 1938) is a French comics creator and writer. Christin was born at Saint-Mandé in 1938. After graduating from the Sorbonne, Christin pursued graduate studies in political science at SciencesPo and became a professor of French literature at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. His first comics story, Le Rhum du Punch, illustrated by his childhood friend Jean-Claude Mézières, was published in 1966 in Pilote magazine. Christin returned to France the following year to join the faculty of the University of Bordeaux. That year he again collaborated with Mézières to create the science-fiction series Valérian and Laureline for Pilote. The first episode was Les Mauvais Rêves (Bad Dreams). In addition to the ongoing Valerian, Christin has written several other comics one-shots, including The City That Didn't Exist (La Ville qui n'existe pas), The Black Order Brigade (Les Phalanges de l'ordre noir) and The Hunting Party (Partie de chasse) (all illustrated by Enki Bilal). Among the many European comics artist he has collaborated with are Enki Bilal, Jacques Tardi, Alexis, Raymond Poïvet, Jijé, Annie Goetzinger, Daniel Ceppi, and François Boucq. He has also written screenplays and science-fiction novels. Source: Article "Pierre Christin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Pierre Christin
  • Popularity: 2.335
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1938-07-27
  • Place of Birth: Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France
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Pierre Christin Movies

  • 2017
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    Valérian, histoire d'une création

    Valérian, histoire d'une création

    7 2017 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Pierre Christin

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  • 2016
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    Generation Sputnik

    Generation Sputnik

    6.5 2016 HD

    From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Andreas C. Knigge

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  • 2017
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    René Goscinny, Our Uncle From Armorica

    René Goscinny, Our Uncle From Armorica

    6.8 2017 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: René Goscinny

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  • 1989
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    Bunker Palace Hotel

    Bunker Palace Hotel

    6.3 1989 HD

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant

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  • 2017
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    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    6.634 2017 HD

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Dane DeHaan

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  • 1990
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    Hard to Be a God

    Hard to Be a God

    6.15 1990 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Edward Żentara

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  • 1990
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1990 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Bernard Pivot

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