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.
12 movies · 9 shows
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, autoportrait de mon père
2025·8.0
Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès
2022·8.0
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022·7.2
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
2021·6.0
Mitterrand et la télé
2021·8.7
10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soir
2021·0.0
Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi
2020·7.0
Delphine and Carole
2020·6.5
The New Watchdogs
2012·7.4
Les Guignols, les 10 premières années
1999·5.3
Vanille fraise
1989·5.2
Male of the Century
1975·7.5