Within cinema studies, “auteur” is a term used for a director whose influence over a film is so profound that he or she is regarded as the primary creative force of the production. Supporters of this notion point to the works of such directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, Federico Fellini, and Quentin Tarantino.
These are primary examples of auteurs whose distinctive artistic visions set their works apart from other filmmakers.
