Ariane Mnouchkine nació el 3 de marzo de 1939 en Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Francia. Es una directora y escritora, conocida por Molière (1978), El hombre de Río (1964) y 1789 (1974).
Her play, "Mephisto," was performed in an Oxford Playhouse Company production at the Round House Theatre in London, England with Clive Wood, Ian McDiarmid, Godfrey Jackman, Cleo Sylvestre, Alison Spiro, and Martyn Stanbridge in the cast. Gordon McDougall was director.
