Born in 1936 at Montauban (France), Philippe Labro is Vice-President of RTL since 1985. He has worked for several French medias (Europe 1, TF1, France 2, " Paris Match ", " Le Point ", " France Soir ", " Le Journal du Dimanche "). He has written ten novels. In 1986, he won the " Prix Interallié " with his third novel " l¿Etudiant Etranger " (" The Foreign Student "). Four of his books have been translated in twenty countries, especially " La traversée " which has been published in the United States as " Dark Tunnel, White Light ". He has directed seven films : Tout peut arriver (1969) with Fabrice Luchini, Sans Mobile Apparent (1971) with Jean-Louis Trintignant et Dominique Sanda, L¿Héritier ( 1973) avec Jean-Paul Belmondo, Le hasard et la violence (1974) with Yves Montand et Katharine Ross, L¿Alpagueur (1976) with Jean-Paul Belmondo et Bruno Crémer, La crime (1983) with Claude Brasseur, Jean-Louis Trintignant et Dayle Haddon et Rive Droite,Rrive Gauche avec Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Carole Bouquet et Jacques Weber (1984).