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auteur

au·teur

UK/ɔːˈtɜː/ US/oʊˈtɝ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works

Origin

Borrowed from French auteur (“author”). Popularised by François Truffaut in the 1954 essay “Une certaine tendance du cinéma français” (“A certain tendency in French cinema”) in the influential film journal Cahiers du Cinéma as the phrase “la politique des Auteurs”. Doublet of author.

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