Igor Barrère

Igor Barrère (17 December 1931 – 24 June 2001) was a French doctor and television presenter.^[3][4][5]

Igor Barrère
Born	Igor Harry Barère (1931-12-17)17 December 1931[1] Paris, France
Died	24 June 2001(2001-06-24) (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

• Prix Italia^[2]
• Lion d'Or^[2]

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