- Labro, Philippe
- (August 27, 1936, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France - )At age eighteen, he studied atWashington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, USA, and traveled across the USA. He began as a journalist for Marie-France and France - Soir and soon became a radio reporter for Europe I. In 1960, he published his first novel (Un Américain peu tranquille). He occasionally played in films (1967 Made in USA, Jean-Luc Godard; 1975 Le Chat et la Souris / UK: Seven Suspects for Murder / USA: Cat and Mouse, Claude Lelouch; 2001 Le Peuple migrateur / Il popolo mi-gratore / Nomaden der Lufte / Nomaden der Lufte—Das Geheimnis der Zugvôgel / Nomadas del viento / UK: The Travelling Birds / USA: Winged Migration, as narrator of English version, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats, France / Italy / Germany / Spain). He also wrote the commentary of a short (1962 Coup-de-Feu à Dix-Huit Heures, Daniel Costelle). One of his short stories and two of his novels were brought to the screen (1963 Le Type au Ras du Cou blanc, short, as author of original story, Alain Dhenault; 1994 Des Feux mal éteints, Serge Moati; Foreign Student / L'Etudiant étranger, Eva Sereny, Netherlands / USA / France / Italy / UK). He wrote many songs for singer and actor Johnny Hally-day and hosted several TV programs, including Ombre et Lumière (2001-2006).Filmography1969 ◘ Tout peut arriver / UK and USA: Don't Be Blue (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)1971 ◘ Sans Mobile apparent / Senza movente / UK and USA: Without Apparent Motive (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor; France / Italy)◘ L'Héritier / L'erede / USA: The Inheritor / The Exterminator (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor; France / Italy)◘ Le Hasard et la Violence / Amore e violenza / Assassinio al sole (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)1976 ◘ L'Alpagueur / USA: Hunter Will Get You (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, cameo)◘ La Crime (also co-adapter, co-dialogist)◘ Rive droite, Rive gauche / UK and USA: Right Bank, Left Bank (also co-screenwriter, dialogist)Television Filmography1966 ◘ Les Deux D: Marie Dubois, Françoise Dorléac (short; documentary)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.