Biography
Philippe Labro (born 27 August 1936) is a French author, journalist and film director. He has worked for RTL, Paris Match, TF1 and Antenne 2. He is a laureate of the Prix Interallié, a French literary distinction founded in 1930, which was awarded for «L'Étudiant étranger» in 1986.
At the age of eighteen, he left to study at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. He then travelled across the United States. On his return to Europe, he became a reporter. From 1960 to 1962, during the Algerian war, Labro was a member of the military. He then returned to his journalistic activities. While covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy for French newspaper -Soir, he met Jack Ruby in Dallas days before he shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald; he was thus subsequently officially auditioned by the Warren Commission. He has written and directed many films and was a close friend of Jean-Pierre Melville, as he recalls in the 2008 documentary Code Name Melville. From 1985 to 2000, he was director of programmes at RTL becoming the vice president of the station in 1992.
In April 2010, he became Commander of the Légion d'honneur.
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Filmography
all 44
Movies 32
self 27
TV Shows 12
Director 9
Narrator 1
Writer 1

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)

Mon nom est Johnny (2021)

L'essentiel chez Labro (2021)

Melville Steps Out of the Shadows (2010)

Winged Migration (2001)

Sacrée soirée (1987)

Ambitions (1986)

Télématin (1985)

Rive droite, rive gauche (1984)

Cover Up (1983)

Hunter Will Get You (1976)

Cat and Mouse (1975)

Chance and Violence (1974)

The Inheritor (1973)

Without Apparent Motive (1971)

Tout peut arriver (1969)

Made in U.S.A (1967)

4XD (1964)
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-08-27
Deathday
2025-06-04 (88 years old)
Birth Place
Montauban,
Height
1.77-meter
Children
Clarisse Labro, Jean Labro, Alexandre Labro, Valérie Labro
Father
Jean-François Labro
Mother
Henriette Labro
Siblings
Jacques Labro, Claude Labro, Jean-Pierre Labro
Citizenships
Awards
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix Interallié
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