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The term auteur (French for author) is used to describe film directors (or, more rarely, producers, or writers) who are considered to have a distinctive, recognizable style, because they (a) repeatedly return to the same subject matter, (b) habitually address a particular psychological or moral theme, (c) employ a recurring visual and aesthetic style, or (d) demonstrate any combination of the above. In theory, an auteur's films are identifiable regardless of their genre. The term was first applied in its cinematic sense in François Truffaut's 1954 essay "A Certain Tendency of the French Cinema" (see Auteur theory).

List of auteurs

The following is a list of directors whose status as an auteur is supported by published studies of their body of work.

A

Chantal Akerman (1950–). Belgian, makes films in France.
Fatih Akin (1973-). Turkish-German director.
Robert Aldrich (1918–1983). American Hollywood director.
Woody Allen (1935–). American independent filmmaker.
Pedro Almodóvar (1949–). Spanish.
Robert Altman (1925-2006). American.
Alejandro Amenábar. Chilean-Spanish.
Paul Thomas Anderson (1970) American.
Wes Anderson (1969–). American.
Theo Angelopoulos (1936–). Greek.
Hideaki Anno (1960–). Japanese, anime and live action director.
Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007). Italian, makes film in Europe and the United States.
Vicente Aranda (1926–). Spanish.
G Aravindan (1935–1991). Indian.
Dario Argento (Italy)
Darren Aronofsky (1969)
Fernando Arrabal (1932). Spain.
Dorothy Arzner (1897–1979). American, Hollywood 1920s-30s.
Hal Ashby (1929–1988). American, worked in Hollywood.

B

Mario Bava (Italy)

Madhur Bhandarkar (1960–). Indian

Jean-Jacques Beineix. French

Luc Besson (1959–). French.

Shyam Benegal (1934–). Indian.

Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007). Swedish.

Bernardo Bertolucci (1941–) Italian, makes films in Europe and the USA.

Susanne Bier (Denmark)

Robert Bresson (1901–1999). French.

John Boorman. (1933–). British.

Danny Boyle (UK)

Mel Brooks (1926–). American, Comedy.

Jan Bucquoy (1945-). Belgian, maker of cult movies.

Luis Buñuel (1900–1983). Spanish, made films in Europe and Mexico.

Tim Burton (1958–). American, Hollywood filmmaker.

Leonid Berdichevsky (1945-).

C

Silvio Caiozzi (1944–). Chilean.

James Cameron (USA)

Jane Campion (1954–). New Zealander.

Frank Capra (1897–1991). American.

Marcel Carné (1906–1996). French.

John Carpenter (USA)

John Cassavetes (1929–1989). American, independent filmmaker.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959–). Turkish.

Youssef Chahine (1926–). Egyptian.

Claude Chabrol (1930–). French.

Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977). British, made films in Hollywood.

Chen Kaige (1952–). Chinese.

Stephen Chow (1962-). Hong Kong Chinese.

René Clair (1898–1981). French.

Larry Clark {1943-). American.

Henri-Georges Clouzot (1904–1977). French.

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963). French.

Joel and Ethan Coen (1954–, 1957–). American, independent filmmakers.

Francis Ford Coppola (1939-). American, mostly Hollywood

Wes Craven (USA)

David Cronenberg (1943–). Canadian

Cameron Crowe (USA)

Alfonso Cuarón (1961–). Mexican.

D

Frank Darabont (USA)

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1951–, 1951–). Belgian.

Jules Dassin (1911–). American, made films in France after being blacklisted.

Terence Davies (1945-). British.

Jacques Demy (1931–1990). French, key New Wave filmmaker.

Vittorio De Sica (1901–1974). Italian, key neorealist filmmaker.

Alexander Dovzhenko (1894–1956). Soviet.

Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889–1968). Danish.

Bruno Dumont (1958–). French.

Guru Dutt (1925–1964). Indian.

E

Blake Edwards (1922–). American.

Atom Egoyan (1960–). Canadian.

Sergei Eisenstein (1898–1948). Soviet.

Victor Erice (1940-). Spanish.

F

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982). German, key New Wave filmmaker.

Federico Fellini (1920–1993). Italian.

David Fincher (1962–). American.

Miloš Forman (1932–). Czech, makes films in Hollywood.

John Ford (1894–1973). American.

Stephen Frears (1941-). British

Lucio Fulci (1927–1996). Italian.

Samuel Fuller (1912–1997). American.

G

Abel Gance (1889–1981). French.

Costa Gavras (1933–) Greek, makes films in France and the United States.

Ritwik Ghatak (1925–1976). Indian, independent Bengali filmmaker.

Terry Gilliam (1940–). American born British, makes films in the UK and US.

Amos Gitai (1950–). Israeli

Jean-Luc Godard (1930–). French, key New Wave filmmaker.

Noël Godin (1945-). Belgian, independent filmmaker and writer.

Michel Gondry (1963–). French.

Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963–). Mexican.

Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941–). Indian, independent filmmaker.

David Gow, writer/director/producer "Steel Toes", also a playwright and theatre director

Paul Greengrass (UK, makes films in America as well)

Peter Greenaway (1942–). British, independent, avant-garde filmmaker.

D.W. Griffith (1875–1948). American.

Ruy Guerra (1931–). Mozambican, makes films in Brazil.

Yilmaz Güney (1937–1984). Turkish.

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (1928–1996). Cuban.

Vincent Gallo (1962-). American film actor/director/producer/screenwriter.

H

Michael Haneke (1942–). Austrian, makes films in France.

Howard Hawks (1896–1977). American.

Werner Herzog (1942–). German, key independent New Wave filmmaker.

Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980). British, made films in Hollywood.

Agnieszka Holland (1948–). Polish.

Ishirō Honda (1911–1993). Japan.

Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1947–). Taiwanese, key New Wave filmmaker.

King Hu (1931–1997). Chinese, made films in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Danièle Huillet (1936–2006). French, collaborated with husband Jean-Marie Straub.

John Huston (USA)

I

Kon Ichikawa (1915–). Japanese, postwar New Wave filmmaker.

Shohei Imamura (1926–2006). Japanese, key New Wave filmmaker.

James Ivory (1928–). American, made films in the UK.

J

Peter Jackson (New Zealand/USA)

Derek Jarman (1942– 1994). English, independent filmmaker, stage designer, artist and writer .

Jim Jarmusch (1953–). American, independent filmmaker.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953–). French.

Jia Zhangke (1970–). Chinese.

Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929–). Chilean, surrealist, makes films in Mexico and France.

Spike Jonze (USA)

K

Aki Kaurismäki (Finland)

Elia Kazan (Turkey, made films in the USA)

Buster Keaton (USA)

Richard Kelly (1975- ) (USA)

Abbas Kiarostami (1940- ) (Iran) Iranian filmmaker.

Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941- 1996) (Poland)

Takeshi Kitano (Japan)

Masaki Kobayashi (Japan)

Andrei Konchalovsky (Soviet Union)

Stanley Kubrick (1928 – 1999) (USA)

Tucker Kujala (USA) Teenaged director. Works primarily in prosumer level DV stock.

Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) (Japan) Post-war Japanese filmmaker.

Emir Kusturica (Serbia)

Stanley Kwan (Hong Kong)

Im Kwon-Taek (South Korea)

L

John Landis (USA)

Fritz Lang (Germany) German and American (Hollywood) filmmaker.

David Lean (UK)

Patrice Leconte (France)

Ang Lee (Taiwan/USA)

Spike Lee (USA)

Mike Leigh (United Kingdom)

Sergio Leone (Italy)

Jerry Lewis (US)

Richard Linklater (US)

Ken Loach (UK)

Joseph Losey (USA, made films in the USA and UK)

Ernst Lubitsch (USA)

George Lucas (USA)

Sidney Lumet (USA)

Bigas Luna (Spain)

Baz Luhrmann (Australia)

Ida Lupino (USA)

David Lynch (1946- )(USA)

M

Guy Maddin (Canada)

Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Iran)

Terrence Malick (USA)

Louis Malle (France)

David Mamet (USA)

Michael Mann (USA)

Chris Marker (France)

Shane Meadows (UK)

Julio Medem (Spain)

Deepa Mehta (Indian born Canadian)

Fernando Meirelles (Brazil, makes American films as well)

Georges Méliès (France)

Jean-Pierre Melville (France)

Takashi Miike (Japan)

Vincente Minnelli (1903-1986) (USA)

Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)

Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) (Japan) Key Japanese filmmaker.

Michael Moore (1954-) (USA) Director, producer, author, & activist.

Nanni Moretti (Italy)

Kira Muratova - Russian film director

F.W. Murnau (Germany)

Fei Mu (1906-1951) (China) Pre-revolutionary Chinese filmmaker.

Carl Mygind (1900-2000) (Norway) (Norwegian pre-modern).>

N

Mikio Naruse (1905-1969) (Japan) Key Japanese filmmaker.

Christopher Nolan (1970-) (UK)

Raphael Nadjari (1971-) (FR/IL)

O

Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal)

Max Ophüls (Germany)

Mamoru Oshii (Japan)

Nagisa Oshima (1932-) Japanese, New Wave filmmaker, critic & theorist.

Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)

Francois Ozon (France)

Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963) (Japan) Key Japanese filmmaker.

P

Georg Wilhelm Pabst (Germany)

Padmarajan (India)

Jafar Panahi (Iran)

Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy)

Sergei Parajanov (USSR)

Park Chan-wook (South Korea)

Alexander Payne (USA)

Sam Peckinpah (USA)

Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Brazil)

Roman Polanski (Poland)

Sally Potter (UK)

P.Ramlee (MAS)

R

Sam Raimi (USA)

Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand)

Mani Ratnam (India)

Nicholas Ray (USA)

Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) (India) Indian (Bengali) filmmaker & writer.

Rob Reiner (USA)

Jean Renoir (France)

Alain Resnais (France)

Carlos Reygadas (Mexico)

Arturo Ripstein (Mexico)

Jacques Rivette (France)

Ram Gopal Varma (India)

Éric Rohmer(France)

George Romero(USA)

Roberto Rossellini (Italy)

Robert Rodriguez (USA)

Ken Russell (GB)

S

Gus van Sant (USA)

Carlos Saura (Spain)

John Sayles (USA)

Volker Schlondorff (Germany)

Paul Schrader (USA)

Martin Scorsese (USA)

Ridley Scott (GB)

Ousmane Sembene (Senegal)

Mrinal Sen (1923- ) (India)

Kirill Serebrennikov - Russian film director

Jim Sheridan (Ireland)

M. Night Shyamalan (USA)

Douglas Sirk (USA)

Victor Sjöström (Swedish)

Steven Soderbergh (USA)

Alexander Sokurov (Russia)

Todd Solondz (USA) (1959)

Steven Spielberg (USA) (1946)

Josef von Sternberg (USA)

Oliver Stone (USA)

Jean-Marie Straub (France)

Erich von Stroheim (USA)

Preston Sturges (USA)

Seijun Suzuki (1923–). Japanese, B-movie and independent New Wave filmmaker.

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (Germany)

István Szabó (Hungarian)

T

Patrick Tam (Hong Kong)

Quentin Tarantino (USA)

Andrei Tarkovsky (USSR)

Bela Tarr (Hungary)

Jacques Tati (France)

Julie Taymor (USA)

Hiroshi Teshigahara (Japan)

Johnnie To (Hong Kong)

Giuseppe Tornatore (Italy)

Guillermo del Toro (Mexican, makes films in Mexico and America)

Lars von Trier (Denmark)

Jan Troell (Sweden)

Margarethe von Trotta (Germany)

François Truffaut (France)

Ming-liang Tsai (Taiwan)

Tsui Hark (Hong Kong)

Tom Tykwer (German)

V

Agnès Varda (France)

Paul Verhoeven (Holland)

Dziga Vertov (USSR)

Jean Vigo (France)

Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark)

Luchino Visconti (Italy)

W

Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong)

Andrzej Wajda (Poland)

John Waters (USA)

Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)

Orson Welles (USA)

Wim Wenders (Germany)

Bo Widerberg (Sweden)

Billy Wilder (USA)

John Woo (Hong Kong)

Edgar Wright (UK)

Y

Edward Yang (Taiwan)

Yuen Woo-ping (Hong Kong)

Z

Yimou Zhang (China)

Tian Zhuangzhuang (China)

Fred Zinnemann (American)

Andrey Zvyagintsev - Russian film directorFurther Information

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