François Mitterrand
Known for
Acting
Born
October 26, 1916
Birthplace
Jarnac, Charente, France
Died
January 8, 1996 (aged 79)
Biography
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was a French politician and statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France. As a former Socialist Party First Secretary, he was the first left-wing politician to assume the presidency under the Fifth Republic.
Due to family influences, Mitterrand started his political life on the Catholic nationalist right. He served under the Vichy regime during its earlier years. Subsequently, he joined the Resistance, moved to the left, and held ministerial office several times under the Fourth Republic. Mitterrand opposed Charles de Gaulle's establishme...
Best known work
Mr & Mme Adelman
2017
Statues Also Die
1953
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
L'Amour Fou
2010
The Society of the Spectacle
1974
1974, une partie de campagne
2002
Reporters
1981
Vivement dimanche
1998
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
2021
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
2001Filmography
2026
2025
La banlieue, c’est le paradisas Self (archive footage)
2023
The Revenge of Bernadette Chiracas Self (archive footage)
2023
2023
North Korea: A Plan to Surviveas Self (archive footage)
2023
La Malédiction de la Grande Archeas Self (archive) - President of the French Republic (1981-1995)
2022
2022
TGV, génie français du railas Self (archive footage)
2022
Cent joursas Self
2022
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empireas Self (archive footage)
2022
2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était présidentas Self (archive footage)
2021
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Storyas Self (archive footage)
2021
Mitterrand, président culturelas Self (archive footage)
2021
10 mai 1981 : Changer la vie ?as Self (archive footage)
2021
Mitterrand et la téléas Self (archive footage)
2021
10 mai 1981, le jour du grand soiras Self (archive footage)
2020
Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Partyas Self (archive footage)
2020
Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploias Self (archive footage)
2019
Laboratory Greeceas Self (archive footage)
2019
1974, l'alternance Giscardas Self (archive footage)
2019
Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Françaisas Self (archive footage)
2019
Danielle Mitterrand, une certaine idée de la Franceas Self (archive footage)
2018
1958: Those Who Said Noas Self (archive footage)
2018
Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoahas Self (archive footage)