auteurs
Directors with vision
Auteurs is the plural of auteur, a filmmaker whose personal vision dominates a film so distinctively that they're considered its author rather than merely its director.
The term, borrowed from French film criticism, elevates certain directors—Hitchcock, Kubrick, Tarantino—above craftsmen-for-hire: The festival showcased works by contemporary auteurs.
The concept extends loosely to other media where a singular creative voice shapes the work.
Creating motion pictures
- mise-en-scèneVisual elements within frame
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- screenwritingComposing scripts for film
- narrativeAccount of events
editing · soundtrack · filmography · neo-noir · arthouse · indie · festival · retrospective
One who leads
- filmmakerOne who makes movies
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- producerOne who makes things
- showrunnerTV series creative head
writer-director · editor · cinematographer · composer · visionary · uncompromising
Readily identifiable, set apart
- recognizableAble to be identified
- idiosyncraticDistinctively individual in nature
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- aestheticConcerning beauty or art
tone · atmosphere · dialogue · pacing · framing · symbolism · leitmotif · stylized
filmmaking
Creating motion pictures
- mise-en-scèneVisual elements within frame
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- screenwritingComposing scripts for film
narrative · editing · soundtrack · filmography · neo-noir · arthouse · indie · festival · retrospective · oeuvre
Hitchcock
director
One who leads
- filmmakerOne who makes movies
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- producerOne who makes things
showrunner · writer-director · editor · cinematographer · composer · visionary · uncompromising
distinctive
Readily identifiable, set apart
- recognizableAble to be identified
- idiosyncraticDistinctively individual in nature
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
aesthetic · tone · atmosphere · dialogue · pacing · framing · symbolism · leitmotif · stylized · auteurist
- film peopledirectors, filmmakers, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers
- political cinemapropaganda films, political drama, censored films, October
auteurshacks
Quick improvised solutions
hired guns · journeymen · craftsmen · technicians · workmen
auteursstudio system
Vertically integrated film production
- auteur theoryDirector controls film's vision