auteur
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au·teur
(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.
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.]
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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 Truffaut and the American film critic Andrew Sarris, it has been attacked by others, including Pauline Kael.
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IN BRIEF: n. - A filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works.
Tutor's tip: Few become the "auteur" (film director who dominates the movie's style) of a documentary, but many carry themselves with great "hauteur" (arrogance).
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