Mireille Dumas
Biography
Mireille Dumas (born 10 September 1953) is a French journalist, television producer and presenter. Mireille Dumas was born in Chartres in the department of Eure-et-Loir, the fifth of six children. Her father as a teacher and died when she was only aged. Her mother was also a teacher in Ymonville raised her children alone. Mireille Dumas is married with the television director Dominique Colonna. Mireille Dumas began her career in theatre and was a member of the Peter Brook troop. She then produced some documentaries after a short appearance on Antenne 2 in the program Sexy Folies in 1986. Among those that were primed, these include Le passé retrouvé: Alice Sapritch en Turquie, nominated at the 7 d'Or in 1990, and the trilogy Crimes et passions, laureate of the European Film Awards in 1991. In July 1991, she created the production company MD productions, orientated on documentaries about society subjects. These films arborate sensitive, controversial and even intimistic themes, like Les Enfants de Medellin broadcast on France 2 in 1994, or even Graine de top-models in 1996. But it is by creating and presenting programs specialized in interviews in an intimate way, with well-known or anonymous persons, that Mireille Dumas became one of the emblematic figures of the French audiovisual field. Starting in September 1992, Bas les masques is one of these first programs, but had to be interrupted soon after. In addition, Mireille Dumas then presented La Vie à l'endroit from 1997 to 2000 on France 2. From 2000 to 2011, she presented Vie privée, vie publique broadcast on France 3. In her interviews, she estimates that the step is strongly influenced by psychoanalysis. Mireille Dumas celebrated her 25 years of television on 5 May 2007, presenting an exceptional broadcast of Vie privée, vie publique. Since September 2011, she presents the series of documentaries Signé Mireille Dumas. Source: Article "Mireille Dumas" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For & Full Filmography16 Titles
Drama Series - 1998, 16 episodes • as Self
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Self
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes • as Self
La Revue de presse (formerly La Revue de presse des Deux Ânes) is a French humorous television talk show, broadcast since October 17, 2007 on Paris Première. It is hosted by Jérôme de Verdière, and involves several columnists and impersonators.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Self
La Boîte à secrets: confidences, emotion and entertainment. Faustine Bollaert takes over the helm of this new show on France 3. She will receive 3 guests who will relive their greatest personal and professional secrets.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Self : Guest
Marking the 40th anniversary of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation—established in 1986—and coming just months after the icon's passing on December 28, 2025, this program explores BB's true legacy. Joined by numerous guests, Stéphane Bern paints a portrait of a woman who transformed her fame into a powerful tool for driving action, legislation, animal rescues, and public mobilization on behalf of the animal cause.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Self
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Presenter
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Self
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Self - Narrator
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Narrateur
Enrico Macias is best known for his songs and his commitment to peace. He is less known for his self-mockery, his humor and his fantasy. Talents that Philippe Bouvard or Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier have highlighted in their variety shows, since the 70s. A taste for comedy that opened the doors of the cinema, at over sixty years, in the film "La Vérité si je mens". Through rarely broadcast archives, it is an unexpected portrait of Enrico Macias, virtuoso artist, discoverer of talents and great showman, which takes shape thanks to his complicity with Mireille Dumas and his friends.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Self - Narrator
Françoise Hardy is one of the rare artists who keeps an intact aura and arouses such a fascination throughout her career with all generations. Her androgynous figure, her exceptional photogeny and her hieratic allure have inspired photographers and fashion designers alike and seduced the greatest rock stars such as David Bowie and Mick Jagger. This documentary film, rich in archives, skillfully mixes songs and confidences. It takes us on a fascinating journey through time, from the yéyé period to today, and into the artist's feelings.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Host
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Self : Interviewer & Voice over
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.