1. Jonathan Sharman

2. What is an auteur
 Auteur is a French word meaning author and is a film
maker who influences their movies so much that they
are regarded as an author, where as a director is given
the vision of a film by the producer. An auteur also
retain creative control and use a series of recognisable
themes and stylistics that are consistent throughout
all their films, for example Tim Burton and Quentin
Tarantino are both auteur’s both having a specific
theme and style throughout their films
Auteur- ‘someone who brings something genuinely
personal to his subject instead of producing a tasteful
accurate but lifeless rendering of the original material .

3. Origin of Auteur theory
 The theory was advocated in 1954 and was
influenced by 2 people the first being François
Truffaut, and second being Andrew Sarris who
used the auteur theory to analyse what
defines serious work through the study of
respected directors within the film industry and
there films .
There are no good and bad movies, only good
and bad directors“- François Truffaut

5. Tim Burton
 Tim Burton is a good example of an auteur
having the same consistent theme throughout
all his films. The genre of Burtons movies is
mainly horror which have a very dark, gothic
and supernatural feel to them. Burton also has
a love for British actors and uses them in most
of his movies especially Johnny Depp, who he
has worked with many times and has starring
in a lot of his films like Edward scissor Hands
and Sweeny Todd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=L_hgrfZVlJA&feature=player_detailpage

7. Quentin Tarantino
 Throughout his films there is a consistent
theme of violence and the usage of weapons,
his films also contain vast amounts of dialogue
which means the audience have to listen and
follow the film carefully to understand the plot.
Tarantino also has the power to make the
viewer laugh, gasp, gag, and yell in just one
scene
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?
feature=player_detailpage&v=-czwy-aVbbU

9. Alfred Hitchcock
 His cameo style is one of the many things that set
Hitchcock apart from his fellow directors. From the blonde
femme fatales, the beleaguered male leads, the very
thought of an innocent man or woman being accused of
something they did not do…the list goes on, but the point
is that you can start watching Vertigo halfway through
(although why in the world you would want to is beyond
me) and know immediately that it’s an Alfred Hitchcock
movie. Even to surface elements, such as using famous
actors like James Stewart and Cary Grant multiple times,
proves Hitchcock’s auteur status. He’s one of the first and
best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
feature=player_detailpage&v=D0bV2gh4E7Y