auteur

a film director or producer who controls a production and gives the film its unique style
Not to be confused with:hauteur – arrogance; a haughty manner

au·teur

A0531300 (ō-tûr′, ō-tœr′)n. A filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style.

[French, from Old French autor, author; see author.]

auteur

(ɔːˈtɜː) n (Film) a director whose creative influence on a film is so great as to be considered its author[French: author] auˈteurism n auˈteurist adj

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(oʊˈtɜr)

n. a filmmaker whose films accord with the auteur theory. [1960–65; < French: literally, author, originator < Latin auctor. See author] au•teur′ism, n. au•teur′ist, adj., n.

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auteur - a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her worksfilm maker, film producer, filmmaker, movie maker - a producer of motion pictures

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auteur

(ōtör`), in film criticism, a director who so dominates the film-making process that it is appropriate to call the director the auteur, or author, of the motion picture. The auteur theory holds that the director is the primary person responsible for the creation of a motion picture and imbues it with his or her distinctive, recognizable style. Propounded most notably by the French director and film critic François TruffautTruffaut, François
, 1932–84, French film director and critic. Known in his early 20s as a writer for the influential French film journal Cahiers du Cinéma,
..... Click the link for more information. and the American film critic Andrew Sarris, it has been attacked by others, including Pauline KaelKael, Pauline
, 1919–2001, American film critic, b. Petaluma, Calif. Possessed of extremely strong opinions about movies and a feisty, pop-inflected style, Kael was noted for her provocative, passionate, and tough-minded film criticism.
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noun a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works

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