Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
Acting • Born 1937-09-29 – Died 2023-10-03
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
21 credits
Male of the Century
Movie • 1975
TV presenter
The New Watchdogs
Movie • 2012
Self
Vanille fraise
Movie • 1989
Lui-même
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès
Movie • 2022
Self
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir
Movie • 2021
Self
Mitterrand et la télé
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Les Guignols, les 10 premières années
Movie • 1999
Self
Delphine and Carole
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, autoportrait de mon père
Movie • 2025
Self (Footage Archives)
Télévision (histoires secrètes)
TV • 1996
Self
La Guerre des télés
TV • 2007
Self
François Mitterrand : Conversations avec un Président
TV • 2001
Self
The Unexpected Getaway
TV • 2022
Self
Apostrophes
TV • 1975
Self
Le monde est à vous
TV • 1987
Self
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
La Télé des années 90
TV • 2019
Self
Un monde, un regard
TV • 2021