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At eighteen years, he left to study at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. He then traveled across all of the United States. On his return to Europe, he became a reporter. From 1960 to 1962 during the Algerian war, Labro was a member of the military. He returned to his journalistic activities following his time in the military. He has written and directed many films, and was a close friend of Jean-Pierre Melville, as he recalls in the 2008 documentary Code Name Melville. From 1985 to 2000, he directed the programs on RTL becoming the vice president of the station in 1992.
In April 2010, he became Commander of the Légion d'honneur.