Philippe Labro

Philippe Labro

Born: August 27, 1936
in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
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 France 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 France-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.

Source: Article "Philippe Labro" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies for Philippe Labro...

Melville/Delon Au nom du père et du fils
Title: Melville/Delon Au nom du père et du fils
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 2024
Type: Movie
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Title: Johnny Hallyday: Beyond Rock
Character: Self
Released: March 29, 2022
Type: TV
Johnny Hallyday in his own words. This intimate docuseries explores the life and career of France's rock icon through archival film and interviews.
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Title: La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 7, 2022
Type: Movie
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.
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Coluche, une époque formidable
Title: Coluche, une époque formidable
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 2021
Type: Movie
Documentary on the French comedian, actor, humanitarian and legend Coluche.
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The Perfect Circle
Title: The Perfect Circle
Released: November 23, 2020
Type: Movie
Documentary examines the production history, style, and lasting appeal of Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge, as well as the evolution of the French crime thriller during the Melville era
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Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle
Title: Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle
Character: Philippe Labro
Released: August 20, 2019
Type: Movie
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Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Title: Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Character: Self
Released: July 10, 2018
Type: Movie
A portray of French actress Françoise Dorléac
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Dieu, Diable & Rock'n'Roll
Title: Dieu, Diable & Rock'n'Roll
Released: October 27, 2017
Type: Movie
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Belmondo, itinéraire...
Title: Belmondo, itinéraire...
Character: Self
Released: May 18, 2011
Type: Movie
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Code Name: Melville
Title: Code Name: Melville
Character: Self
Released: November 15, 2008
Type: Movie
Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.
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Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows
Title: Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
In this documentary, produced by Philippe Quinconneau for StudioCanal, editor Françoise Bonnot, actor Jean-Pierre Cassel, composer Éric Demarsan, writer and filmmaker Philippe Labro, cinematographer Pierre Lhomme, and filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier share insights and anecdotes about Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 film ARMY OF SHADOWS.
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Winged Migration
Title: Winged Migration
Character: Narrator (voice, English version)
Released: December 12, 2001
Type: Movie
This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer homes to the equator and back, covering thousands of miles and navigating by the stars. These arduous treks are crucial for survival, seeking hospitable climates and food sources. Birds face numerous challenges, including crossing oceans and evading predators, illness, and injury. Although migrations are undertaken as a community, birds disperse into family units once they reach their destinations, and every continent is affected by these migrations, hosting migratory bird species at least part of the year.
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Ambitions
Character: Self
Released: February 28, 1986
Type: TV
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Title: Télématin
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1985
Type: TV
Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7, 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan France weekdays from 6:30 to 9:00 am CET. TV5 broadcast the show in Canada in its entirety until September 2011: it now shows a 90 minute version between 6:30 and 8:00 am Eastern Time, when the French original version is now 2h30 long. Télématin is hosted by William Leymergie. The show is daily seen by around 40% of the French morning audience, a very high percentage for French TV. In Metropolitan France, the newscasts are presented at 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00, with newsflashes at 6:30 and 8:50, and two press reviews at 7:20 and 8:30. The 6:30, 7:30 and 8:50 newscasts are usually presented by a female reader and the hourly newscasts by a male. The usual readers are Nathanaël de Rinquesen, Sophie Le Saint, Julien Benedetto, Sophie Gastrain, Patrice Romedenne and Frédéric Vion.
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: 30 millions d'amis
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1976
Type: TV
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Cat and Mouse
Title: Cat and Mouse
Character: Philippe Lacombe
Released: September 3, 1975
Type: Movie
A jaded and charming police inspector is assigned along with his cheerful partner to a case involving the mysterious death and/or suicide of a wealthy entrepreneur. The chief suspect is his enchanting wife who was aware that her husband had a mistress. It is also possible that the dead man may be the victim of a radical terrorist group.
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Title: Apostrophes
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1975
Type: TV
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
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Title: Spécial cinéma
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1974
Type: TV
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The Inheritor
Title: The Inheritor
Character: Un journaliste (uncredited)
Released: March 22, 1973
Type: Movie
After his father is killed in a plane crash, Bart Cordell returns back home to France to claim his inheritance: to lead the industrial empire his father built. But when a prostitute tries to set him up for a drug smuggling charge, he is forced to accept that his father may have been assassinated and that the killers are out to get him as well...
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J'ai tout donné
Title: J'ai tout donné
Released: June 21, 1972
Type: Movie
An intimate cinéma vérité style documentary following french mega star Johnny Hallyday's summer tour.
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Made in U.S.A
Title: Made in U.S.A
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: January 27, 1967
Type: Movie
Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.