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Professeur Choron

Georget Bernier (21 September 1929 – 10 January 2005), more commonly known as Professeur Choron, was a French humorist and founder of Hara Kiri magazine. Born in La Neuville-aux-Bois in Lorraine, Bernier was orphaned by his father at 11 years and without a proper education, he vacillated between many jobs before fighting in the Indochina Wars for 28 months. On his return he worked in the press, and rose through the ranks to take the position of sales manager of the satirical newspaper Zéro. It was at Zéro that he met François Cavanna and Fred, with whom he founded the magazine Hara Kiri in 1960. After an initial ban, production of the magazine moved from Rue Choron to Rue de Montholon and Éditions du Square was created at its publication house. In addition to his role of patron of Éditions du Square, Bernier also invested time in writing and photo-editing for Hara Kiri. It was during this era that he appeared on Jean-Christophe Averty's television variety show Les Raisins verts. In 1969 the Hara Kiri team created Hara-Kiri Hebdo which shortly thereafter was renamed L’Hebdo Hara-Kiri. Other magazines published by Bernier's Editions du Square were the monthly comic Charlie Mensuel, one of the first ecological journals La Gueule ouverte, Mords-y l'œil, Surprise from designer Bernard Willem Holtrop, and Jean-Patrick Manchette's BD, l'hebdo de la BD. 1970 saw the creation of Charlie Hebdo, a weekly political newspaper for which Bernier was a regular contributor. The publication folded in 1981, but was relaunched by Cavanna and Bernier in 1993 and, as of 2011, remains in publication. In 1988 Bernier adapted his fiches bricolages for television. He also participated in Jean-Michel Ribes' Merci Bernard. His last publications include La Mouise and Grodada, a publication for children. He also participated in several publications affiliated with Hara-Kiri, including ZOO and Yeti, as well as the launching of the periodical Zero in 1986. In 1996, Aure Atika's interview of Jackie Berroyer for Radio Nova, at a bar's round table, degenerated into an angry exchange of words between Choron, who was sitting at the table, and Atika, with Choron denouncing her questions as "stupid" and Atika flinging the contents of her glass at him. Bernier was the father of the comedian Michèle Bernier. He died 10 January 2005 at Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris and was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery alongside his wife Odile Vaudelle (1934–1985). In 2008, director Pierre Carles and artist Martin released the documentary Choron Dernière in his honour. Source: Article "Professeur Choron" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Born:
Sep 21, 1929 In Laneuville-aux-Bois, Haute-Marne, France
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the movie Cartoon circus 1972-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Les Pieds dans la mayonnaise : Les Irrévérencieux des années 70 2022-02-26
Known For
Filmography
Movie Les Pieds dans la mayonnaise : Les Irrévérencieux des années 70 Self - writer 2022-02-26
Movie Le rock alternatif (une brève période de médiatisation du punk français 1986-1989) Self 2021-03-22
Movie Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai Self (archive footage) 2015-06-17
Movie Choron dernière Self (archive footage) 2009-01-07
Movie Loft Paradoxe Self 2002-05-28
Movie Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie Le Professeur Choron 1999-01-22
Series Vivement dimanche Self 1998-09-20
Movie Formidable 1994-01-01
Series Collaricocoshow Self 1987-09-16
Movie Le Roi des cons Le passager du taxi 1981-02-18
Movie Droit de Réponse Self 1981-12-12
Series Apostrophes Self 1975-01-10
Movie The Year 01 A conspirator 1973-02-22
Movie Cartoon circus Self 1972-01-01
Series Le Grand Échiquier Self 1972-01-12