Auteur Theory

Auteur Theory

Auteur theory is when a film director has an individual style in which directs his movies in, which the movies generally revolving around the same sort of genre and themes. An Example of a director that can be categorized as an Auteur theory director would be Quentin Tarantino. His movies are famous for their nonlinear storylines as well as their excessive use of violence. He generally likes to stick within the same genre of action and thriller. Another example of an Auteur theory director would be David Lynch whom is known for his complex plots and surreal films.

Auteur theory directors generally have complete artistic control of their movies, with the movies ultimately being outcomes of the visions they have. A lot of Auteur theory directors use the same actors within their movies such as Martin Scorsese who is famous for using Robert De Niro as leading roles within his movies. Auteur theory directors also sometimes direct movies that have been originally been books written by the same author such as the Peter Jackson who directed the Lord of the Rings trilogy and is know directing The Hobbit movie trilogy, all novels written by J.R.R Tolkien.

Auteur theory directors can sometimes have problems with creative control over their movies due to their need to stay true to their visions and style and not simply make movies that are suited for Hollywood. For an example David Lynch is described as an Auteur who has chosen to stick to his individual style of directing despite his popularity, instead of making movies that are like to be successful box office hits and gross a lot of money.