film d'auteur

noun

A film of a movie director or a screenwriter which reflects their artistic personality.

Meanings

nounfilm d'auteur (plural film d'auteurs)

plural film d'auteurs

  1. A film of a movie director or a screenwriter which reflects their artistic personality.

Origin

  1. Frenchfilm d'auteur
  2. Englishfilm d'auteur

Borrowed from French film d'auteur.

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film d'auteur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/film%20d'auteur

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“film d'auteur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/film%20d'auteur. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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