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- Dictionaryauteur/ɔːˈtəː/
noun
- 1. a film director who influences their films so much that they rank as their author.
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AUTEUR definition: 1. a film director who has a lot of influence on the making of their films, so that they can be…. Learn more.
1. : a film director whose practice accords with the auteur theory. broadly : director sense c. 2. : an artist (such as a musician or writer) whose style and practice are distinctive. auteurist. ō-ˈtər-ist. adjective or noun. Examples of auteur in a Sentence.
An auteur (/ oʊ ˈ t ɜːr /; French:, lit. 'author') is an artist with a distinctive approach, usually a film director whose filmmaking control is so unbounded and personal that the director is likened to the "author" of the film, thus manifesting the director's unique style or thematic focus.
AUTEUR meaning: 1. a film director who has a lot of influence on the making of their films, so that they can be…. Learn more.
Auteur definition: a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.. See examples of AUTEUR used in a sentence.
If you're an auteur, you make movies that show off your personal style and vision, and you make those movies exactly the way you want: you won’t let any studio executives force you to change the ending.
Definition of 'auteur' Word Frequency. auteur. (ɔːtɜːʳ ) Word forms: plural auteurs. countable noun. You can refer to a film director as an auteur when they have a very strong artistic influence on the films they make. He remains one of the great American auteurs. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
