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Frédéric Auburtin

Director, Actor, Writer, Composer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn June 4, 1962 (63 years)
Frédéric Auburtin (born 4 June 1962) is a French director, writer, actor and producer.

Frédéric Auburtin was born and grew up in Marseille, where he studied music (piano, drums) and literature before turning to the cinema in the early 80s. He made his debut as an assistant director in the film Rouge midi, directed by Robert Guédiguian.

In the 80s and 90s he worked as an assistant director in several movies and with several directors, including Maurice Pialat (Under the Sun of Satan), Luigi Comencini (La Bohème), Richard Heffron (La Révolution française), Bertrand Blier (Merci la vie), Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Lover), Claude Berri (Germinal and Lucie Aubrac), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (The Horseman on the Roof) and Randall Wallace (The Man in the Iron Mask).

In 1999, he debuted as a director, co-directing Un pont entre deux rives with Gérard Depardieu, for which he also composed the soundtrack. During the 2000s he keep directing mostly for television, but also directed movies, including San-Antonio (2004) and Envoyés très spéciaux (2009). In 2006, he co-directed (again with Depardieu) the segment "Quartier Latin", written and starred by Gena Rowlands with Ben Gazzara and Gérard Depardieu, in the highly acclaimed movie Paris, je t'aime.

In 2014, he became widely known for directing the infamous movie United Passions. The film recounts the origins of the world-governing body of association football, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, and was ninety-percent funded by them. Released in North America at the peak of the scandals of the 2015 FIFA corruption case, the film grossed very badly in the box-office (a mere $918 in its opening weekend) and received overwhelming dislike from critics around the world. It's now considered one of the worst movies ever made and all the actors and Auburtin himself considered the film a "disaster".

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Paris, Je T'aime
  • United Passions

Known For

  • Paris, Je T'aime
  • United Passions
  • The Horseman on the Roof
  • Germinal
  • Special Correspondents
  • San Antonio
  • Lucie Aubrac
  • The Bridge
  • Stars 80, la suite
  • De mauvaise foi
  • La Bohème
  • Plus belle la vie
  • One Love Too Much

Frédéric Auburtin Filmography

2025
De mauvaise foi · as L'homme Divorcé
1992
The Lover · as Liner Pianist
1989
One Love Too Much · as Le Marseillais
1987
Under the Sun of Satan · as Le Jeune Prêtre

2014
United Passions · as Screenplay

2008
La vie à une · as Composer
2003
Volpone · as Composer
1999
The Bridge · as Original Music Composer

2025
De mauvaise foi · as Executive Producer

2018
2007
One Day, One Fate (TV Series) · as Self

2025
De mauvaise foi · as Scenario Collaboration
2006
Paris, Je T'aime · as Transitions
1999
Boulevard du Palais (TV Series) · as Adaptation
1997
Lucie Aubrac · as First Assistant Director
1995
The Horseman on the Roof · as First Assistant Director
1993
Germinal · as First Assistant Director
1988
La Bohème · as Second Assistant Director

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