Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
Biography
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. He is the father of successful actress Emmanuelle Bach.
Known For
Apostrophes
Vivement dimanche
Le monde est à vous
The Unexpected Getaway
Un monde, un regard
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Télévision (histoires secrètes)
Delphine and Carole
All Movies (12)
- Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, autoportrait de mon père2025 · as Self (Footage Archives)
- Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès2022 · as Self
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président2022 · as Self (archive footage)
- François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story2021 · as Self (archive footage)
- Mitterrand et la télé2021 · as Self (archive footage)
- 10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir2021 · as Self
- Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi2020 · as Self (archive footage)
- Delphine and Carole2020 · as Self (archive footage)
- The New Watchdogs2012 · as Self
- Les Guignols, les 10 premières années1999 · as Self
- Vanille fraise1989 · as Lui-même
- Male of the Century1975 · as TV presenter
All TV Shows (9)
- The Unexpected Getaway2022 · as Self
- Un monde, un regard2021
- La Télé des années 902019 · as Self
- La Guerre des télés2007 · as Self
- François Mitterrand : Conversations avec un Président2001 · as Self
- Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
- Télévision (histoires secrètes)1996 · as Self
- Le monde est à vous1987 · as Self
- Apostrophes1975 · as Self