Born 18 November 1943,[1] Michel Marmin was a member of the non-religious scouting association Éclaireurs de France in the 1950s.

[4] In 1971, he was recruited by media entrepreneur Raymond Bourgine and began to work as a cinema critic for Valeurs Actuelles (1972–1978).

[5] Upon the public launch of GRECE's magazine Éléments in September 1973, Marmin became its first president, followed by Pierre Vial in 1983.

[8] Marmin then worked for Le Figaro between 1978 and 1980, and as the redactor-in-chief of the encyclopedia branch of Éditions Atlas [fr].

[9] He is the co-scenarist of the films Pierre and Djemila (1987) and Ainsi soit-il [fr] (2000), which led to controversies in the media due to his far-right involvement.