Pierre Sabbagh
Pierre Sabbagh (18 July 1918 – 30 September 1994) was a major personality in French television, as a journalist, producer and director.
Pierre Alain Sabbagh was born in Lannion (Côtes-d'Armor) and died in Paris. He was the younger son of the artist Georges Hanna Sabbagh and the art historian and resistance heroine Agnès Humbert. His brother was naval officer Jean Sabbagh.
Pierre Sabbagh became a war correspondent in the hope of finding his mother Agnès in World War II. He had visited her in Fresnes Prison and the Prison de la Santé in 1942, a few days before she was deported by the Nazis, sentenced to slave labour in Germany. In 1944, he travelled into Germany behind the advancing American army, but did not find her until he returned to Paris in 1945.
Pierre Sabbagh presented and directed the first television news in the world on 29 June 1949.
His greatest success was the creation, in 1966, of the programme "Au théâtre ce soir" ("The Theatre Tonight") following a strike on French television and the success of a Belgian television comedy called "La Bonne planque", which provoked the appetite of the public for this kind of programme: over 300 plays were produced in the series. To his credit also is the first audiovisual game which reunited France of the 1960s in front of the black-and-white screen: "L'Homme du XXe siècle" ("20th Century Man"), a game of general cultural questions which went on for many years and which finished with the final "Super homme du XXe siècle" ("20th Century Superman") which brought together all the previous winners of whom the comedian, Robert Manuel, beat a professor of complementary medicine, Georges Rivault.
He was Director-General of the television network France 2 between September 1971 and July 1972.
His wife was the French television presenter and actress Catherine Langeais.
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Fotos
Filmes (119)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022 · Self (archive footage)
La Pomme
1985 · Director
Dom Juan
1985 · Director
Chacun pour moi
1985 · Director
Georges Courteline au travail & Boubouroche
1985 · Director
Nono
1984 · Director
Un Parfum De Miel
1984 · Director
La vie est trop courte
1984 · Director
Un dîner intime
1983 · Director
Et ta sœur ?
1983 · Director
Je l'aimais trop
1983 · Director, Producer
Allô Hélène
1983 · Director
Jean de la lune
1982 · Director
Histoire de rire
1982 · Director
La Cruche
1981 · Director
L'Azalée
1981 · Director
L'Amant de Bornéo
1981 · Producer, Director
Le Traité d'Auteuil
1981 · Director
Silence on aime
1981 · Director
Ce que femme veut
1981 · Director
Une sacrée famille
1981 · Director
Comédie pour un meurtre
1981 · Director
Il est important d'être aimé
1981 · Director
Peau de vache
1980 · Director, Producer
La Maîtresse de bridge
1980 · Director
La chambre mandarine
1980 · Director
Beaufils et fils
1980 · Director
Hold Up
1980 · Director, Producer
La Route des Indes
1980 · Director
Nina
1979 · Director, Producer
Acapulco Madame
1978 · Director, Producer
Les coucous
1978 · Director
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
1978 · Director
La Plume
1978 · Director
Les Deux Vierges
1978 · Director
Les deux timides
1978 · Producer, Director
Monsieur chasse
1978 · Director
La Fessée
1978 · Director
L'amour fou
1977 · Director
Les Petits Oiseaux
1977 · Director
L'École des cocottes
1977 · Production Design, Director
Une femme presque fidèle
1977 · Director
Appelez-moi maître
1977 · Director
Les Filles
1977 · Director
Le Faiseur
1977 · Director
Attends-moi pour commencer
1977 · Director, Producer
Le Coin tranquille
1977 · Director
La Bagatelle
1977 · Director
La Femme de paille
1976 · Director, Producer
Le Cœur sous le paillasson
1976 · Director
Am Stram Gram
1976 · Production Design, Director
Le Pirate
1976 · Director
La facture
1976 · Director, Producer
Le noir te va si bien
1975 · Director
Chat en poche
1975 · Director
Ah ! La Police de papa
1975 · Producer, Director
Trésor party
1975 · Director
Le Système Ribadier
1975 · Director, Producer
Folle Amanda
1974 · Producer
Pétrus
1974 · Director
L'Or et la paille
1974 · Producer
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
1974 · Producer
Folie douce
1973 · Director
La Tête des autres
1973 · Producer
La Main passe
1972 · Director
Noix de coco
1972 · Producer, Director
Ferraille et chiffons
1972 · Director, Producer
Detective Story
1972 · Director
Le don d'Adèle
1972 · Director, Producer
An Ideal Husband
1972 · Director, Producer
Les Œufs de l'autruche
1972 · Producer, Director
L'École des contribuables
1972 · Director
La Pèlerine écossaise
1972 · Director
Double Jeu
1972 · Director
La Voyante
1972 · Director, Producer
Huit femmes
1972 · Director
Cash-Cash
1971 · Director
Fric-Frac
1971 · Director, Producer
Herminie
1971 · Director
S.O.S. homme seul
1971 · Director
Pour Karine
1971 · Director
Échec et meurtre
1971 · Director
Un fil à la patte
1970 · Director, Art Direction
La Manière forte
1970 · Producer, Director
Les Dix Petits Nègres
1970 · Director
La Brune que voilà
1970 · Director
Un Ami Imprévu
1970 · Director
Le Mari, la Femme et la Mort
1970 · Director
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
1970 · Director
Les Assassins associés
1970 · Director
Frédéric
1970 · Director
Un ange passe
1970 · Director
Doris
1970 · Director
L'Amour des 4 colonels
1969 · Director, Producer
Constance
1969 · Director
La Perruche et le Poulet
1969 · Director
Le Dindon
1969 · Director
Le minotaure
1969 · Director, Producer
Le deuxième coup de feu
1969 · Director
Je veux voir Mioussov
1969 · Director
La Toile d'araignée
1969 · Director
La Coquine
1968 · Director
Azaïs
1968 · Director
Feu la mère de madame
1968 · Producer, Director
Mademoiselle
1968 · Director
Monsieur le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche
1968 · Director
Docteur Glass
1967 · Director
Auguste
1967 · Director
Vacances pour Jessica
1967 · Director
Ami-Ami
1967 · Director
Domino
1967 · Director
Pour avoir Adrienne
1967 · Producer, Director
Bon appétit monsieur
1967 · Director
Interdit au public
1966 · Producer
Les portes claquent
1966 · Director
La Mamma
1966 · Director
Chérie Noire
1966 · Director
J'y suis, j'y reste
1966 · Director
Volpone
1941 · Un vénitien
