Labib, Jean

(December 12, 1946, Bordeaux, Gi­ronde, France - )

   Having graduated with a bachelor's degree in history, he started his career in films working with direc­tors Jacques Perrin and Costa-Gavras. He is mainly a documentary producer (1996 In a Metal Mood, Henning Lohner; La Comédie-Française ou L'Amour joué, Frederick Wiseman; 1998 A la Recherche de Kundun avec Martin Scorsese / In Search of Kundun with Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson, France / USA; 2005 Roger Diamantis ou La Vraie Vie, Elise Girard) but also worked as a co-producer or delegate producer of fiction (1998 St. Ives / UK TV: All for Love, Harry Hook, UK; 2000 Entrevue, short, Marie-Pierre Huster; La Bostella, Edouard Baer; 2004 Avanim, Raphaël Nadjari, France / Israel).

 Filmography

1994 ◘ Montand (documentary; also co-screenwriter; shot in 1992-1993)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Les Grands Travaux du Monde (5 x 60' documentary; episodes "Gabon", "Brésil", "Hong Kong", "Norvège", "Arabie Saoudite")

        ◘ Mémoire du Creusot (documentary)

        ◘ USA — La Majorité morale (documentary)

        ◘ Retour au Cambodge (documentary)

        ◘ Mai 1968, Quinze Ans après (documentary)

        ◘ Vingt Ans après (3 x 60' documentary)

        ◘ Venise sous les Masques (documentary)

        ◘ De Gaulle ou UEternel Défi (6 x 60' documentary)

1989 ◘ Noirs & Blancs en 1789 (documentary)

1991 ◘ URSS-USA: Le grand Jeu 1917 / 1991 (6 x 60' documentary)

1994 ◘ Albert Cossery: Entre la Violence et la Dérision (16-mm documentary; with the collaboration of Michel Mitrani)