Quentin Tarantino is known as an auteur director who makes dark, gritty films containing violence and adult themes. His latest Western, The Hateful Eight, follows a bounty hunter assembling a team to capture a villain, and contains graphic violence and gore. Another example is Kill Bill, which also includes very strong violent and language throughout the two films. Tim Burton is also an auteur who makes films with dark twists but balances it with lightheartedness when appropriate. The Nightmare Before Christmas is set in a town always celebrating Halloween, and has a darker tone than expected. Edward Scissorhands also has tension that is relieved by lighter moments, keeping the film feeling fresh.

1. Auteur Theory
Quentin Tarantino is an auteur Director that likes to make movies that are
dark, gritty and tend to have a lot of violence and contains quite a few adult
themes. One of his latest films “The Hateful Eight” is a very gritty Western
starring Samuel L. Jackson as Major Marquis Warren and Kurt Russell as John
Ruth (Top 2 credited on IMDB). The film follows the story of a bounty hunter
that puts together a team of seven other people to take down a nefarious
villain. There are many moments of violence, which include a lot of guts and
gore. Another short example would be Kill Bill as both the volumes that are out
contains very strong scenes of violence and bad language frequently
throughout the whole 2 films.
Another Auteur Director would be Tim Burton. Tim Burton also makes films
with dark twists, but also make the films light hearted when it fits. One of his
more popular film, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is a film set in a town
that is always celebrating Halloween and not everybody is happy about it. All
the characters have different features that give them some sort of unique
horror film style look. The film actually gets darker when you would think it
would be happier which splits the film from any other. Another one of his best
movies is Edward Scissorhands which barely ever let’s go of the tension as it
continues to be a dark and when the tone changes to a much lighter tone, it
makes the film feel fresh.