Philippe Labro

Philippe Labro studied at Washington and Lee University. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is journalism, film and creative and professional writing. Places of work recorded in the authority are France. Employment is recorded with RTL, France Soir and Paris Match. Positions recorded include director general. Distinctions recorded are Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour and Prix Interallié.

• Name — Philippe Labro • Born — 27 August 1936 • Birthplace — Montauban, France • Died — 4 June 2025 • Place of death — Paris, France • Education — Washington and Lee University • Employer — C8

At the age of eighteen, Labro 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 interviewed by the Warren Commission. He wrote 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. Labro died from cancer in Paris, on 4 June 2025, at the age of 88.

• Tout peut arriver - with Jean-Claude Bouillon and Catherine Allégret (1969) • Without Apparent Motive – with Jean-Louis Trintignant (1971) • The Inheritor – with Jean-Paul Belmondo (1973) • Le Hasard et la Violence (Chance and Violence) – with Yves Montand and Katharine Ross (1974) • The Hunter Will Get You – with Jean-Paul Belmondo (1976) • La Crime (Cover Up) – with Claude Brasseur, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Jean-Claude Brialy (1983) • Rive droite, rive gauche – with Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye and Carole Bouquet (1984)

Philippe Labro was recorded at birth as Philippe Christian Labro. He also worked under the name Philippe Christian. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Jean-François Labro and Henriette Labro. He married Françoise Labro. 4 children are recorded: Valérie Labro, Alexandra fille adoptée, Jean Labro and Clarisse Labro.