The childhood of Jean-Marie Apostolidès was profoundly marked by religion and its dogma; when his father Paul found out his parents had lived together without being married, he was horrified, and decided to "pay for their sins" by becoming a fervent Catholic.

His autobiographical novel, L’Audience, recounts his upbringing in this provincial city and paints a memorable picture of French life in the 1950s-1960s.

This work centers on the author's life-altering encounter with Pope Pius XII, a “minor episode”[2] that led him to abandon religion and devote himself to theater.

In 1972 his first play "Bobby Boom" was directed by Olivier Reichenbach, set design by Guy Neveu, at the Théâtre du Gèsu in Montreal.

During this period, while teaching at the university of Tours, Apostolidès founded a production company and directed short films with Bertrand Renaudineau.

From 1981 to 1982, Apostolidès worked with Jean Gascon, French-Canadian theater director, on adapting Oedipus Rex for the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

Among his theatrical works are: Bobby Boom (1972), La Nauf des fous (1980 and 1988) and Il faut construire l'hacienda (2006).

As a theater director, he developed the approach of mise-en-tableaux, a method of mise en scène intended to enhance the spectators’ emotional involvement with the action presented on stage.

Apostolidès sensed that the secret of Rostand's play was associated with the paternal figure and that the work's significance extended far beyond its literary qualities.

La Nauf des fous (Albin Michel, 1982) Il faut construire l'hacienda (Les Impressions nouvelles, 2006).

Qui fut tout et qui ne fut rien (Les Impressions nouvelles, 2006) Dans la peau de Tintin (Les Impressions nouvelles, 2010) Debord: Le naufrageur (Flammarion, 2016) L'Archipel Tintin, with Albert Algoud, Benoît Peeters, Pierre Sterckx et Dominique Cerbelaud (Les Impressions nouvelles, 2004) Ivan Chtcheglov, profil perdu, with Boris Donné (Allia, 2006) Ecrits retrouvés, on Ivan Chtcheglov, with Boris Donné (Allia, 2006) Lettre à Guy Debord : Précédée d'une Lettre à Ivan Chtcheglov by Patrick Straram (Allia, 2006), with Boris Donné La veuve blanche et noire un peu détournée, by Patrick Straram, with Boris Donné (Sens & Tonka, 2006) Little Nemo, 1905-2005, un siècle de rêves, by Apostolidès, Baetens, Ciment, Fresnault-Deruelle, Groensteen, Maresca, Peeters, Samson, Smolderen, Sterckx, Tisseron et Van Lier.