Jacques Antoine (14 March 1924 – 14 September 2012) was a French creator and producer of

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s. His most famous creations include '' Treasure Hunt'', ''

Interceptor Interceptor may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''The Interceptor'', a British drama series on BBC One * Interceptor (game show), ''Interceptor'' (game show), a British television game show that ran during 1989 * Interc ...

'', '' Fort Boyard'', and ''

The Crystal Maze ''The Crystal Maze'' is a British game show devised by Jacques Antoine, based upon his format for the French game show '' Fort Boyard'', and produced for Channel 4. The programme focuses on teams of contestants, a mixed group of men and women, ...

''.

Personal life

Jacques Antoine was born 14 March 1924 in

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, a suburb to the west of Paris. His father was writer and director André-Paul Antoine, and his grandfather was theatre director

André Antoine André Antoine (; 31 January 185823 October 1943) was a French actor, theatre manager, film director, author, and critic who is considered the father of modern mise en scène in France. Biography André Antoine was a clerk at the Paris Gas Uti ...

Career

At the age of 24, Jacques Antoine made his first steps in radio with

Pierre Bellemare Pierre Bellemare (21 October 1929 – 26 May 2018) was a French writer, novelist, radio personality, television presenter, TV producer, director, and actor. Television * '' La Tête et les Jambes'' * '' La Caméra invisible'' * '' J'ai un Se ...

. From the 1950s to 1990s, he created and produced many programs, including more than 150 television and radio games among the most famous in French-speaking countries, such as ''

La Tête et les Jambes ''La Tête et les Jambes'' () is a French game show which was broadcast from October 20 1960 to September 15 1975 to June 26 1978. It was created by Jacques Antoine in 1957 as a sequence in the show Télé Match, it was presented by Pierre Bel ...

'', ''Le Schmilblick'', ''Les Jeux de 20 heures'', ''La Chasse aux trésors'', ''L'Académie des neuf'', ''Tournez manège'', and '' Fort Boyard''.

Death and legacy

Antoine died on 14 September 2012 of cardiac arrest. The French host of ''Fort Boyard'' Olivier Minne announced on Twitter "Jacques Antoine has left us. The father of Fort Boyard was the greatest TV game creator. I'm very sad. Thinking of him." Rémy Pflimlin, president of

France Télévisions France Télévisions (; stylized since 2018 as ) is the French national public television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the integration of the public television channels France 2 (formerly Antenne 2) and France 3 (form ...

spoke of him as "one of the iconic group who contributed to the creation and production of the first televised games". TV host

described Jacques as "the most innovative man we have had in this profession since the war".

Credits

# À pied, à cheval et en voiture (1957) (screenplay) (story) # Yeux de l'amour, Les (1959) (novel "Une Histoire Vraie") # Vache et le prisonnier, La (1959) (story "Histoire Vraie") # Mouche (1968) (director) # "Treasure Hunt" (1 episode, 1982) # "Interceptor" (1989) TV series (deviser) # "The Crystal Maze" (1990) TV series (writer) # "Fort Boyard" (1990) TV series (unknown episodes) # "Carte aux trésors, La" (1996) TV series (idea) (episode "La Chasse au trésor") (uncredited) # "Fort Boyard" (1998) TV series (unknown episodes) # "Treasure Hunt" (2002) TV series (unknown episodes)

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* 1924 births 20th-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers French male screenwriters French screenwriters 2012 deaths {{france-screen-writer-stub