Philippe Labro
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.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
August 27, 1936Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
25Place of birth
Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/snuf9J6LrVHMLD4iIIwMFHufyD4.jpg)
Cast credits
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Winged Migration
Narrator (voice, English version)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/h2t1mD2WoOHcT9lqkzmRZ3zwiSA.jpg)
The Inheritor
Un journaliste (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/Qtx5XN3lLCLeN0T9OQs8HDfomp.jpg)
Code Name: Melville
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qz9XJifctc9Fhybd9Mc9ocjRORq.jpg)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/s4N4WrXhCiNFyJyiTv3l8kT17ak.jpg)
Dieu, Diable & Rock'n'Roll
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/16avMvgntKF11dBuaWG7DXYubKc.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tbq1oRab0vaRGLPKf9HJkAcxGpH.jpg)
Cat and Mouse
Philippe Lacombe![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gStAcnmSNzBtbEru3avvjKu54zg.jpg)
Made in U.S.A
Self (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/h75z8RlLTGTWL4u2GK3YyRh5rXQ.jpg)
Coluche, une époque formidable
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/x5QRGt0xyw2QmnMw82vEZ7WG5TN.jpg)
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8Heh90FuUdSPKT67UlWjA291bX3.jpg)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tCFnpZ9rmD8qJWkav4Jte1zK88P.jpg)
Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qy7mylqcyH8AkgaKETGiQG5rS6S.jpg)
Melville/Delon Au nom du père et du fils
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6qKRD8VtIldeYvmGrBFW2QYdZVB.jpg)
J'ai tout donné
Crew credits
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Hunter Will Get You
Director, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/h2t1mD2WoOHcT9lqkzmRZ3zwiSA.jpg)
The Inheritor
Director, Adaptation, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4LexKl8qiKEneVN7uSVN3zDvVDZ.jpg)
Foreign Student
Novel![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/aWYgYyux5pisHML36KW5D1ARQZo.jpg)
Without Apparent Motive
Director, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/AsfHAhbQx0MSLEMAdGx1rozi1bj.jpg)
Tout peut arriver
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3Zf7FROvfIMUy99qTU7f0sfm2VW.jpg)
Rive droite, rive gauche
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xqFwYQ1bHLy91kB7DK64kpV0zl2.jpg)
Chance and Violence
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/A5mgG3T0gXWodnS3nsHKp0nCseJ.jpg)
4XD
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pcMxd309if6DvwcDa0i51x78F7A.jpg)
Cover Up
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qC88WBOZNIopYAKsoZZm2WepmPP.jpg)
The Little Boy
Novel