Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
Actor
Born September 29, 1937 in Oran, French Algeria
Elkabbach was born to an Algerian Jewish family in Oran in 1937, then the prefecture of the département d'Oran in French Algeria. He began his journalistic career in 1960 as a radio correspondent in Algiers, but having taken part in the strikes of May 1968 he was sidelined and sent to Toulouse. Elkabbach would later spend time in Bonn, Germany before venturing into television news in 1970. From 1993 to 1996 he served as president of France 2 and France 3, from 1999-2009 he was president of the television station Public Sénat, and was at the helm of Europe 1 from 2005-2008. Elkabbach presents Bibliothèque Médicis on Public Sénat, during which he interviews an eclectic mix of international literati, political leaders, intellectuals and historians.
Filmography
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, autoportrait de mon père
Self (Footage Archives)
The Unexpected Getaway
Self
Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès
Self
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
Un monde, un regard
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
Self (archive footage)
Mitterrand et la télé
Self (archive footage)
10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir
Self
Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi
Self (archive footage)
Delphine and Carole
Self (archive footage)
La Télé des années 90
Self
The New Watchdogs
Self
La Guerre des télés
Self
François Mitterrand : Conversations avec un Président
Self
Les Guignols, les 10 premières années
Self
Vivement dimanche
Self
Télévision (histoires secrètes)
Self
Vanille fraise
Lui-même
Le monde est à vous
Self
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
Male of the Century
TV presenter
Apostrophes
Self