Auteur is the French word for ‘Author’.
In film terms an Auteur is a film maker who has complete control over all elements of production and influences the film highly on personal tastes.In 1954 François Truffaut wrote an essay about French Cinema. In this work he claimed that film is a great medium for expressing the personal ideas of the director. He suggested that this meant that the director should therefore be regarded as an auteur.
Auteur theory has influenced film criticism since 1954, when it was advocated by film director and critic François Truffaut. Auteur Theory suggests that a director can use the commercial apparatus of film-making in the same way that a writer uses a pen or a painter uses paint and a paintbrush. It is a medium for the personal artistic expression of the director. Alfred Hitchcock is one of the first names who comes to mind when talking about auteur theory François Truffaut once provocatively said that: "There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors" - Jae Bennett
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