Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
Born: 1937-09-29 in Oran, French Algeria
Died: 2023-10-03
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, autoportrait de mon père as Self (Footage Archives)
2022
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
- The Unexpected Getaway as Self
- Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès as Self
2021
- François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- 10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir as Self
- Mitterrand et la télé as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Delphine and Carole as Self (archive footage)
- Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi as Self (archive footage)
2019
- La Télé des années 90 as Self
2012
- The New Watchdogs as Self
2007
- La Guerre des télés as Self
1999
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
1996
- Télévision (histoires secrètes) as Self
1989
- Vanille fraise as Lui-même
1987
- Le monde est à vous as Self
1979
- Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen ... (Producer)
1975
- Apostrophes as Self
- Male of the Century as TV presenter