Philippe Gildas

Philippe Gildas born Philippe Lepêtre 12 November 1935 28 October 2018 was a French journalist Beginning his career in 1962 Gildas became the director of information for an RTL radio station Born as Philippe Lepêtre he took the name Gildas as a pseudonym over the radio In 1969 Gildas turned to French Public Radio and Television ORTF In 1972 he became editor in chief of ORTF although it was dissolved in 1974 He was editor in chief at France Inter from 1973 to 1974 and then worked at Europe 1 from 1975 to 1986 as editor in chief and deputy director of information Gildas began working for Canal in 1985 as a director and launched his own talk show Gildas Direct He left the show in 1987 to direct Nulle part ailleurs and Philippe Risoli took over as director of the talk show Nulle part ailleurs was a comedic talk show that took serious issues and put a humorous spin on them Gildas won a 7 dor award for the show in 1994 and 1997 In 2001 Gildas was promoted to president of CNews after a deal with Canal In 2007 he launched Vivolta a television network aimed at Baby boomers In 2010 Gildas published an autobiography titled Comment réussir à la télévision quand on est petit breton avec de grandes oreilles In 2018 Gildas made his final television appearance in the TV documentary La Télé des années 80 les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé aired on France Télévisions Philippe Gildas died on 28 October 2018 following a battle with cancer He was buried on 5 November 2018 at the Père Lachaise Cemetery Source Article Philippe Gildas from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30