He was born in Vire (Calvados) and died of a heart attack in Mollégès (Bouches-du-Rhône).

His father, Abraham Drucker, was born in Țibucani in Romania, while his mother's family is from Austria.

A brilliant student from a family for whom "scholarly excellence was a sacred duty",[1] Drucker studied at Sciences Po (Political Science) before entering the École nationale d'administration (ENA).

He began his career in television in 1970, as technical advisor to the Director General of the Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF).

A studio was named after him in 2008, by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Drucker's brother Michel.