Auteur
The term auteur (French
for author) is used to describe
film directors (or, more rarely, producers) who are
considered to have a distinctive, recognisable vision,
either because they repeatedly return to the same subject
matter, or use a recurring style, or both. In theory, an
auteur's films are recognisable regardless of their
genre. The word was first coined in
Fran?is Truffaut's 1954 essay "A Certain Tendency of
the French Cinema" (see
Auteur theory).
Categories: Film theory