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Philippe Labro
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 Interall…
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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.
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2025
Les Troubles de la Circulation
Movie Self
- 2024
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2022
Johnny Hallyday: Beyond Rock
TV show Self
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2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2021
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2021
Mon nom est Johnny
Movie Self
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2021
Coluche, une époque formidable
Movie Self
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2020
The Perfect Circle
Movie
- 2019
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2018
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Movie Self
- 2017
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2011
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Torments
Movie self
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2011
Belmondo, itinéraire...
Movie Self
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2010
Code Name: Melville
Movie Self
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2002
Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows
Movie Self
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2001
Winged Migration
Movie Narrator (voice, English version)
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1998
Vivement dimanche
TV show Self
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1995
The Little Boy
Movie Novel
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1994
Foreign Student
Movie Novel
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1987
Sacrée soirée
TV show Self
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1986
Ambitions
TV show Self
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1985
Télématin
TV show Self
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1984
Rive droite, rive gauche
Movie Director
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1983
Cover Up
Movie Director
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
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1976
Hunter Will Get You
Movie Screenplay
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1976
30 millions d'amis
TV show Self
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1975
Cat and Mouse
Movie Philippe Lacombe
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1975
Apostrophes
TV show Self
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1974
Spécial cinéma
TV show Self
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1974
Chance and Violence
Movie Writer
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1973
The Inheritor
Movie Un journaliste (uncredited)
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1972
J'ai tout donné
Movie Self
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1971
Without Apparent Motive
Movie Director
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1969
Tout peut arriver
Movie Director
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1967
Made in U.S.A
Movie Self (uncredited)
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1964
4XD
Movie Director
