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 LÉtudiant 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 FranceSoir 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 JeanPierre 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 dhonneur Source Article Philippe Labro from Wikipedia in english licensed under CCBYSA 30