Franz-Olivier Giesbert
Known for Acting · 22 credits
- Born
- 1949-01-18 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- Also known as
- FOG
Biography
Franz-Olivier Giesbert (born January 18, 1949, in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American-born French journalist, author, and television presenter.
Giesbert worked for Le Figaro from 1988 to 2000 and for Le Point starting in 2000.
In 2013, he wrote the scenario of a documentary about his relationship with the former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, secrets d’une présidence. ("Nicholas Sarkozy, secrets of a presidency").
Giesbert hosts the cable television, weekly, literary show Le Gai Savoir on Paris Première. In 1999, the show won the Richelieu price of the Association for the Defense of French Language. Since October 2011, he hosts Les Grandes Questions on France 5. And starting in 2012, he also hosts on France 3 the monthly show Le Monde d'après ("The world after").
In 2007, he wrote the biography of Marseille's mobster Jacky le Mat, l'Immortel, adapted by Richard Berry.
Known For
TV Shows (11)
Quotidien
2016
as Self - Guest
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
Apostrophes
1975
as Self
C à vous
2009
as Self - Guest
28 minutes
2012
as Self
Quelle époque !
2022
as Self - Guest
Salut les Terriens !
2006
as Self - Guest
On n'est pas couché
2006
as Self - Guest
The Unexpected Getaway
2012
as Self
Folie passagère
2015
as Self
Élysée, la solitude du pouvoir
2017
as Self
Movies (11)
Les Guignols, les 10 premières années
1999
as Self, Directeur des Redactions du Figaro
The New Watchdogs
2012
as Self
Laïcité, l'exception française - 120 ans, et maintenant ?
2025
as Self
« Je ne suis pas chinetoque » : Histoire du racisme anti-asiatique
2024
as Himself : ex Director of Publication of newspaper Le Point / Author / Editorialist / Journalist / Writer
Mitterrand, président culturel
2021
as Self
Ministre ou rien
2014
as Self
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
2001
as Self - Editor-in-Chief, Le Figaro
François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie
2010
as Self
François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996
2011
as Self
214, rue de Rivoli : Le dîner spécial 20 ans
2023
as Self
Juppé, le ressuscité
2016
About Franz-Olivier Giesbert
Franz-Olivier Giesbert (born January 18, 1949, in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American-born French journalist, author, and television presenter. Giesbert worked for Le Figaro from 1988 to 2000 and for Le Point starting in 2000. In 2013, he wrote the scenario of a documentary about his relationship with the former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, secrets d’une présidence. ("Nicholas Sarkozy, secrets of a presidency"). Giesbert hosts the cable television, weekly, literary show Le Gai Savoir on Paris Première. In 1999, the show won the Richelieu price… With 22 credits spanning from 1975 to 2025, Franz-Olivier Giesbert has appeared in 11 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Franz-Olivier Giesbert Movies
- Les Guignols, les 10 premières années (1999) — as Self, Directeur des Redactions du Figaro
- The New Watchdogs (2012) — as Self
- Laïcité, l'exception française - 120 ans, et maintenant ? (2025) — as Self
- « Je ne suis pas chinetoque » : Histoire du racisme anti-asiatique (2024) — as Himself : ex Director of Publication of newspaper Le Point / Author / Editorialist / Journalist / Writer
- Mitterrand, président culturel (2021) — as Self
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