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Auteur definition

ō-tûr, ō-tœr
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A filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style.
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A film director with a distinctive personal style.
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The primary creator of a film, esp. the director.
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The definition of auteur is a person who is so involved in its development that his creative vision is evident in the film.

A film director with his own unique style of movie is an example of an auteur.

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A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of his works.
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auteur
Plural:
auteurs

Origin of auteur

  • French from Old French autor author author

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French auteur (“author”). Popularised by François Truffaut in the 1954 essay “Une certaine tendance du cinéma français” (“A certain tendency in French cinema”) in the influential film journal Cahiers du cinéma as the phrase “la politique des Auteurs”.

    From Wiktionary

Auteur Sentence Examples

  • But can Tarantino be considered an auteur, if nothing is personal in his facsimile films?

  • He was a true auteur, creating his own brand of movies with his unmistakable hand.

  • Following its acclaimed reception at Cannes (Best Screenplay and Best Actress ), this is an outstanding 16th feature for Spanish auteur Almodóvar.

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