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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 vision, either because they repeatedly return to the same subject matter, or habitually address a particular psychological or moral theme, or employ a recurring style, or all 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.

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  • Ingmar Bergman (1918-). Swedish. Jesse Kalin, The Films of Ingmar Bergman (Cambridge UP, 2003)
  • Bernardo Bertolucci (1941-) Italian, makes films in Europe and the USA. Claretta Micheletti Tonetti, Bernardo Bertolucci: The Cinema of Ambiguity (Twayne, 1995)
  • Luis Buñuel (1900-1983). Spanish, made films in Europe and Mexico. Gwynne Edwards, The Discreet Art of Luis Bunuel : A Reading of His Films (Marion Boyars, 1991)
  • Tim Burton (1958-). American Hollywood filmmaker. Alison McMahnan, The Films of Tim Burton: Animating Live Action in Contemporary Hollywood (Continuum, 2005)
  • Robert Bresson (1901-1999). French. Joseph Cunneen, Robert Bresson: A Spiritual Style in Film (Continuum, 2004)

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  • Marcel Carné (1906-1996). French. Edward Turk, Child of Paradise : Marcel Carne and the Golden Age of French Cinema (Harvard UP, 1989)
  • Claude Chabrol (1930-). French. Guy Austin, Claude Chabrol (Manchester UP, 1999).
  • Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977). British, made films in Hollywood. Jeffrey Vance, Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema (Abrams, 2003)
  • René Clair (1898-1981). French. R.C. Dale, The Films of René Clair: Exposition and Analysis : Documentation (Scarecrow, 1986)
  • Yash Chopra (India)
  • Henri-Georges Clouzot (1904-1977). French. José-Louis Bocquet, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Cinéaste (La Sirène, 1993)
  • Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). French. Dominique Paini, et al. Cocteau. (Centre Pompidou, 2004)
  • Joel and Ethan Coen (b. 1954, 1957). American independent filmmakers. Carolyn R. Russell, The Films of Joel and Ethan Coen. (McFarland, 2001)
  • David Cronenberg (1943-). Canadian, makes films in North America. William Beard, The Artist as Monster: The Films of David Cronenberg (U of Toronto P, 2005).

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