Gonzague Saint Bris

About Gonzague Saint Bris

Writer, historian, journalist, press director, radio and television man, pioneer of free radios, event creator, mission officer at the Ministry of Culture and Communication, municipal councillor, delegate of the Academy of Fine Arts, director of Strategy and Development of the Hachette Filipacchi Media group, Gonzague Saint Bris was born on 26 January 1948 in Loches (Indre-et-Loire). Son of Hubert Saint Bris, diplomat, and Agnès Mame.

His studies: Saint-Philip’s School in London (Great Britain), Ecole Gerson in Paris, Saint-Joseph de Tivoli College in Bordeaux.

His decorations: Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight of Agricultural Merit, Commander of Arts and Letters, Commander of the Order of Saint Maurice and Lazarus.

His career: Journalist at the Vigie marocaine (1967), at the Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (1968), television critic, literary critic and columnist at the Figaro (1970), literary critic at France-Soir and columnist at Elle (1973-77), creator and host of the programmes Open Line and Long Distances on Europe 1 (1975-80), creator of the literary magazine Preface on TF1, pioneer of free radios, founder of Radio Mega l’O (1981), general delegate of the Cabourg romantic film festival (since 1982), reporter of the Paris daily in the United States (1982-84), vice-president of Hit FM (since 1984), history columnist on Antenne 2 (1986), advisor to the management of International Decoration (1984-87), mission officer at the Ministry of Culture and Communication (1986-88), delegate of the Academy of Fine Arts for the animation and promotion of the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild; municipal councillor of Loches; director of Strategy and Development of the Hachette press group and Filipacchi publications (1987-2001), columnist at the Journal du Dimanche (1988-90), advisor to the management (1991-92) director (1992) then president (1999) of the magazine Femme, television interpreter of the film Balzac (1999), president-founder of The Forest of Books (since 1995), of the free Edition site (since 2000), editorial director of the magazine the Spectacle of the World (2001-2003). Today history columnist in the morning programme of France 2 It’s on the programme with Sophie Davant.

His television works:

• The cultural clips: Cocteau, Graphic Poet, Monet in Giverny, Vinci 21st century, Proust the short memory, Villa Ephrussi: the meeting of the Europe of cultures.
• Television films: Desired Storms, In Search of Jealousy, The Kisses, Forgive Us Our Childhoods.
• DVD: Gonzague Saint Bris tells Leonardo da Vinci.