What is an Auteur?

1. What is an Auteur? By Charley Presland

2. Definition of Auteur A filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style. Auteur also mean ‘Director’ in French.

3. The Auteur theory In film criticism, auteur theory holds that a director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary "auteur" (the French word for "author"). In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the production of the film as part of an industrial process, the auteur's creative voice is distinct enough to shine through all kinds of studio interference and through the collective process.

4. Origin The Auteur theory was founded by Francois Truffaut but was later edited and and developed a few years later by Andrew Sarris. The Auteur theory comes partly from the work of people who wrote for the Cahiers du Cinema as they argued that the films should reflect the directors personal view and creativity.

5. Woody Allen Typography is crucial in these two posters. They were made by the same director, however, they he uses blue in his titles. He never keeps to the same type of genre. Here is a description about what Match point is about: At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for a femme-fatal type who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law. The sleeper is about a nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.