auteurist

American  

[oh-tur-ist] / oʊˈtɜr ɪst /

noun

plural

auteurists

1. a person who advocates for or whose work conforms to auteur theory.

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adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of an auteur.

2. of or relating to auteur theory.

Other Word Forms

• auteurism noun
• auteuristic adjective

Example Sentences

It’s the more bonkers elements that make this movie sing and that grinning, ghoulish sensibility proves to be Sokolov’s auteurist signature.

From Los Angeles Times

Which may explain the auteurist quality to “Napkins,” particularly the “slightly strange or unnatural blocking,” or arrangement and movements of performers in a scene, that Edebiri found in Kurosawa’s films.

From Los Angeles Times

Castellucci is an auteurist director who makes the extraordinary seem natural, who conjures surprises that baffle and amaze, sometimes self-indulgently, but often brilliantly.

From New York Times

But now that audiences have sampled Greta Gerwig’s colorful Mattel comedy and Christopher Nolan’s weighty drama about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called father of the atomic bomb, it’s become clear that for all their tonal differences, each film is a one-of-a-kind auteurist blockbuster pondering some pretty meaty existential questions.

From New York Times

It’s a witty auteurist flourish.

From New York Times