auteur
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: au‧teur
- Homophone: hauteur
Noun
auteur (plural auteurs)
- A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of his works.
- 1974, William Bender, "Call to vespers", Time, 11 Feb 1974:
- The libretto was a piece of hack work from a Parisian scenario factory run by an enterprising auteur of sorts named Eugene Scribe.
- 2003, "Broadway is bigger than ever", The Economist, 24 Apr 2003:
- Since Mr Luhrmann first tackled the opera, he has entered the select circle of celebrity directors on the basis of only three films, including “Moulin Rouge”. And his “La Bohème”—designed by Mrs Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, a double Oscar-winner for “Moulin Rouge”—is avowedly the work of an auteur.
- 2011, Jane Graham, The Guardian, 23 Jun 2011:
- If a widely respected auteur such as Martin Scorsese, Allen or Malick has given you the stamp of approval, you might not live fast or die young, but you'll leave a good-looking legacy.
- 1974, William Bender, "Call to vespers", Time, 11 Feb 1974:
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
creative artist
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Dutch
Alternative forms
- autheur (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French autheur, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor.
Pronunciation
Noun
auteur m (plural auteurs, diminutive auteurtje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
French
Etymology
From Middle French autheur, from Old French autor, borrowed from Latin auctor, auctorem.
Pronunciation
Noun
auteur m (plural auteurs, feminine autrice)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “auteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Noun
auteur m (plural s)
- auteur (creative artist)
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