
Philippe Labro
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 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.
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Acting (15 movies)

Winged Migration
2001

The Inheritor
1973

Code Name: Melville
2010

Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011

Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle
2019

Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs
2024

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

J'ai tout donné
1972

Dieu, Diable & Rock'n'Roll
2017

Jean-Pierre Melville and Army of Shadows
2002

Cat and Mouse
1975

Made in U.S.A
1967

Coluche, une époque formidable
2021

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018

Mon nom est Johnny
2021
Directing (8 movies)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Without Apparent Motive | 1971 | Screenplay | 
| The Inheritor | 1973 | Screenplay | 
| Chance and Violence | 1974 | Writer | 
| Hunter Will Get You | 1976 | Screenplay | 
| Cover Up | 1983 | Writer | 
| Rive droite, rive gauche | 1984 | Writer | 






