1
: a film director whose practice accords with the auteur theory
broadly
: director sense c
2
: an artist (such as a musician or writer) whose style and practice are distinctive
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Soon, Elordi began landing a slew of prominent parts in films from respected auteurs.
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Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
The 2010s belonged to a trio of Latino auteurs — Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro — who collectively claimed five directing statuettes between 2013 and 2018.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Swept up in the cinema-making of Italy’s auteurs, Nicholas finds himself on the sets of Fellini’s Casanova and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, a harrowing film about the death throes and reincarnations of fascism made just before the director’s murder.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
Case in point: Ex-wife Isabella Rossellini’s assessment of the auteur’s religiosity is juxtaposed with a clip of Jake LaMotta banging his head against a wall.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
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Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
The 2010s belonged to a trio of Latino auteurs — Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro — who collectively claimed five directing statuettes between 2013 and 2018.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
Swept up in the cinema-making of Italy’s auteurs, Nicholas finds himself on the sets of Fellini’s Casanova and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, a harrowing film about the death throes and reincarnations of fascism made just before the director’s murder.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
Case in point: Ex-wife Isabella Rossellini’s assessment of the auteur’s religiosity is juxtaposed with a clip of Jake LaMotta banging his head against a wall.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Auteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auteur. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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