auteur [әu'tә:]
n.
<法>(具有自己独特风格的)电影导演
auteur[ noun ]
a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works
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- Mr. Berlin was not an auteur.
- Nanni Moretti's Dear Diary is still the sweetest auteur comedy since early Woody Allen.
- What are the auteur theorists going to say about that? Some auteurs have cast-iron claims to the title.