Auteur

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The term auteur (French for author) is used to describe film directors who are considered to be artists with their own unique vision. The word was first coined in Fran?ois Truffaut's 1954 essay "A Certain Tendency of the French Cinema" (See main article at Auteur theory).

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Although the use of "auteur" to describe a particular director may be contested by some critics, the following directors are frequently seen as espousing the principles of Truffaut's auteur theory: the style of an auteur is recognisable in his/her films regardless of their genre or subject matter. However, this style does not need to be purely visual—any unique point-of-view or obsession could be considered the mark of an auteur. It is more a stamp of the director's personality that marks a body of work as that of an "auteur".

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Auteur theory: The Auteur Theory is a way of reading and appraising films which was originally advocated by Fran?ois Truffaut in 1954. As such, it is less a "theory" than a critical method. It is frequently associated with the French New Wave and the film critics who wrote for the Cahiers du cin?ma. In essence, t...