Biography

Frédéric Mitterrand was born on August 21, 1947 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Lettres d'amour en Somalie (1982), Madame Butterfly (1995) and Paris Seen By... 20 Years After (1984). He died on March 21, 2024 in Paris, France.

Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

Appointed French Minister of Culture and Communication in the Prime Minister François Fillon's second cabinet (June 23th, 2009).

Called on the Iranian authorities to release Jafar Panahi, arrested on 1 March 2010 along with Mohammad Rasoulof and Mehdi Pourmoussa. Mitterrand described Panahi as a "great figure of the cinema". Pourmoussa and Rasoulof were released from the Evin prison on 17 March 2010, but Panahi remains in ward 209.

President of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 42nd Deauville Film Festival in 2016.

Owned cinemas and was an author before becoming minister of culture.