Pierre Sabbagh
Biography
Pierre Sabbagh (18 July 1918 – 30 September 1994) was a major personality in French television, as a journalist, producer and director.
Pierre Alain Sabbagh was born in Lannion (Côtes-d'Armor) and died in Paris. He was the younger son of the artist Georges Hanna Sabbagh and the art historian and resistance heroine Agnès Humbert. His brother was naval officer Jean Sabbagh.
Pierre Sabbagh became a war correspondent in the hope of finding his mother Agnès in World War II. He had visited her in Fresnes Prison and the Prison de la Santé in 1942, a few days before she was deported by the Nazis, sentenced to slave labour in Germany. In 1944, he travelled into Germany behind the advancing American army, but did not find her until he returned to Paris in 1945.
Pierre Sabbagh presented and directed the first television news in the world on 29 June 1949.
His greatest success was the creation, in 1966, of the programme "Au théâtre ce soir" ("The Theatre Tonight") following a strike on French television and the success of a Belgian television comedy called "La Bonne planque", which provoked the appetite of the public for this kind of programme: over 300 plays were produced in the series. To his credit also is the first audiovisual game which reunited France of the 1960s in front of the black-and-white screen: "L'Homme du XXe siècle" ("20th Century Man"), a game of general cultural questions which went on for many years and which finished with the final "Super homme du XXe siècle" ("20th Century Superman") which brought together all the previous winners of whom the comedian, Robert Manuel, beat a professor of complementary medicine, Georges Rivault.
He was Director-General of the television network France 2 between September 1971 and July 1972.
His wife was the French television presenter and actress Catherine Langeais.
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Acting (2 movies)
Directing (110 movies)
Le Mari, la femme et la mort
1970
Bon appétit monsieur
1967
Dix petits nègres
1970
Échec et meurtre
1971
Chat en poche
1975
Ce que femme veut
1981
Frédéric
1970
Le don d'Adèle
1972
La Perruche et le Poulet
1969
Comédie pour un meurtre
1981
S.O.S. homme seul
1971
L'Azalée
1981
Nono
1984
Huit femmes
1972
Le Dindon
1969
La Plume
1978
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
1976
Un ange passe
1970
Pour Karine
1971
Le noir te va si bien
1975
Allô Hélène
1983
L'Amour des 4 colonels
1969
Vacances pour Jessica
1967
Un Parfum De Miel
1984
Le Faiseur
1977
Appelez-moi maître
1977
Am Stram Gram
1976
Ah! La police de Papa
1975
Auguste
1967
La Manière forte
1970
La Femme de paille
1976
La Mamma
1966
La Cruche
1981
La Pomme
1985
Les deux timides
1978
Nina
1979
Les Œufs de l'autruche
1972
Peau de vache
1980
Pétrus
1974
An Ideal Husband
1972
Un dîner intime
1983
Chacun pour moi
1985
Je veux voir Mioussov
1969
La fessée
1978
Les coucous
1978
Les Filles
1977
Le deuxième coup de feu
1969
L'École des cocottes
1977
Trésor party
1975
Le minotaure
1969
Le Système Ribadier
1975
La vie est trop courte
1984
Les assassins associés
1970
La Route des Indes
1980
La voyante
1972
Le Coin tranquille
1977
Le Pirate
1976
Chérie Noire
1966
Detective Story
1972
Feu la mère de madame
1968
L'Amant de Bornéo
1981
La Pèlerine écossaise
1972
Les Deux Vierges
1978
Attends-moi pour commencer
1977
Pour avoir Adrienne
1967
Doris
1970
Et ta sœur ?
1983
La Toile d'araignée
1969
Ferraille et chiffons
1972
Fric-Frac
1971
Hold Up
1980
Folie douce
1973
Jean de la lune
1982
Georges Courteline au travail & Boubouroche
1985
Le Traité d'Auteuil
1981
Noix de coco
1972
La bagatelle
1977
Je l'aimais trop
1983
Un fil à la patte
1970
Il est important d'être aimé
1981
Constance
1969
Cash-Cash
1971
Domino
1967
Azaïs
1968
Les Dix Petits Nègres
1970
J'y suis, j'y reste
1966
L'École des contribuables
1972
Mademoiselle
1968
Monsieur le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche
1968
Ami-Ami
1967
Herminie
1971
Les portes claquent
1966
La Coquine
1968
Dom Juan
1985
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
1978
Acapulco Madame
1978
Docteur Glass
1967
La Main passe
1972
Beaufils et fils
1980
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
1970
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Interdit au public | 1966 | Producer |
| Pour avoir Adrienne | 1967 | Producer |
| Feu la mère de madame | 1968 | Producer |
| Le minotaure | 1969 | Producer |
| L'Amour des 4 colonels | 1969 | Producer |
| La Manière forte | 1970 | Producer |
| Fric-Frac | 1971 | Producer |
| La voyante | 1972 | Producer |
| Les Œufs de l'autruche | 1972 | Producer |
| An Ideal Husband | 1972 | Producer |
| Le don d'Adèle | 1972 | Producer |
| Ferraille et chiffons | 1972 | Producer |
| Noix de coco | 1972 | Producer |
| La Tête des autres | 1973 | Producer |
| Il y a longtemps que je t'aime | 1974 | Producer |
| L'Or et la paille | 1974 | Producer |
| Folle Amanda | 1974 | Producer |
| Le Système Ribadier | 1975 | Producer |
| Ah! La police de Papa | 1975 | Producer |
| La Femme de paille | 1976 | Producer |
| Attends-moi pour commencer | 1977 | Producer |
| Les deux timides | 1978 | Producer |
| Acapulco Madame | 1978 | Producer |
| Nina | 1979 | Producer |
| Hold Up | 1980 | Producer |
| Peau de vache | 1980 | Producer |
| L'Amant de Bornéo | 1981 | Producer |
| Je l'aimais trop | 1983 | Producer |