Orson

American  

[awr-suhn] / ˈɔr sən /

noun

1. a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”

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Example Sentences

Progress always has its detractors — the advent of radio, film and then television were each considered by some to be signs of a cultural apocalypse — but AI does present dangers that are far more excessive than panicked citizens briefly fearing that Martians had landed because Orson Welles was so convincing in his radio adaptation of “The War of the Worlds.”

From Los Angeles Times

They echo Orson Welles’ 1958 thriller “Touch of Evil” while capturing the subject’s tenderness and ecstasy.

From Los Angeles Times

Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed, Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick and many others made incredible films that directly contradicted the edicts of studio bosses at the behest of the government.

From Salon

He was given charge of BBC2's arts programme Arena where he took a left-field approach to subjects ranging from Orson Welles to the Ford Cortina.

From BBC

Orson Welles didn’t shun technology in “Citizen Kane”; he pioneered deep-focus cinematography, added ceilings to sets for unprecedented angles, manipulated lighting for psychological texture, and cut time with “lightning mixes” that astonished audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal