Igor Barrère
French doctor and media personality
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Igor Barrère (17 December 1931 – 24 June 2001) was a French doctor and television presenter.[3][4][5]
Igor Barrère | |
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| Born | Igor Harry Barère 17 December 1931[1] Paris, France |
| Died | 24 June 2001 (aged 69)[2] |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Known for | Presenting La Tête et les Jambes |
Biography
Igor Barrère began his career as the assistant of Orson Welles whilst studying to be a doctor.[6] In the 1950s and 1960s Barrère is widely considered a pioneer of French television producing medical shows explaining medical procedures to the French public.[7] The most well known shows that Barrere produced were such as La Caméra invisible and Cinq colonnes à la une,Faire face.[8][9]
In 1989, Barrère headed the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel.[2]
Honours
Publications
- Igor Barrère et Étienne Lalou, À quoi rêvent les enfants du monde, Delpire, 1963
- Igor Barrère et Jean-Marie Manus, Les Guetteurs du futur, Lattès
- Igor Barrère, En direct de la médecine.
- Igor Barrère et Étienne Lalou, Le Dossier confidentiel de l'euthanasie, Éditions du Seuil, 1975.
- Igor Barrère, Les pharmaciens parlent, Stock, 1976