Mireille Dumas (born 10 September 1953) is a French

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and

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Biography

Mireille Dumas was born in

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in the department of

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raised her children alone. Mireille Dumas is married with the television director Dominique Colonna.

Career

Mireille Dumas began her career in theatre and was a member of the

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troop. She then produced some documentaries after a short appearance on

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in the program ''Sexy Folies'' in 1986. Among those that were primed, these include ''Le passé retrouvé :

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en Turquie'', nominated at the

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in 1990, and the trilogy ''Crimes et passions'', laureate of the

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in 1991. In July 1991, she created the production company MD productions, orientated on documentaries about society subjects. These films deal with sensitive, controversial and even intimistic themes, like ''Les Enfants de Medellin'' broadcast on

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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

. From 2000 to 2011, she presented ''Vie privée, vie publique'' broadcast on

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. In her interviews, she estimates that the step is strongly influenced by

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. 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''. On March 12, 2012, she was chosen to present, along with Cyril Féraud, the 57th Eurovision Song Contest, which took place live from Baku in Azerbaijan. She repeats in 2013 for the 58th edition in Malmö, Sweden.

Bibliography

* ''Paroles interdites'', Éditions N°1, 2001 * ''Passions criminelles'', with

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, Éditions Fayard, 2008

Honours

* Officier of the

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in 2007 * Chevalier of the

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in 2010

References

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