auteur
[ oh-tur; French oh-tœr ]
noun,plural au·teurs [oh-turz; French oh-tœr]. /oʊˈtɜrz; French oʊˈtœr/.
a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
Origin of auteur
11960–65; <French: literally, author, originator <Latin auctor.See author
Other words from auteur
- au·teur·ism, noun
- au·teur·ist, adjective, noun
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How to use auteur in a sentence
Fights over the rightness or wrongness of the auteur theory have continued to erupt ever since.
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British Dictionary definitions for auteur
auteur
/ (ɔːˈtɜː) /
noun
a director whose creative influence on a film is so great as to be considered its author
Origin of auteur
1French: author
Derived forms of auteur
- auteurism, noun
- auteurist, adjective
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