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as in director
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Recent Examples of auteur
The Red Sea International Film Festival has officially kicked off its fourth edition as A-listers and international auteurs converged in Jeddah’s old town of Al-Balad in Saudi Arabia’s second-largest city for a decidedly glamorous opening ceremony.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
The auteur arrived in Europe 28 days after hitting the road with a backpack filled with nothing more than a few pieces of clothing.
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Following the mainstream success of Twilight, Pattinson initially pivoted away from franchises, working on independent films and pairing with auteur directors.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024
The resurgence, in the past decade, of Paul Schrader as one of the most accomplished and acclaimed contemporary movie directors is part of a bigger trend: the self-reinvention of Hollywood auteurs as independent filmmakers.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
The auteur arrived in Europe 28 days after hitting the road with a backpack filled with nothing more than a few pieces of clothing.
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Following the mainstream success of Twilight, Pattinson initially pivoted away from franchises, working on independent films and pairing with auteur directors.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024
The resurgence, in the past decade, of Paul Schrader as one of the most accomplished and acclaimed contemporary movie directors is part of a bigger trend: the self-reinvention of Hollywood auteurs as independent filmmakers.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auteur
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Baltimore Sun staff writers pick every game of the NFL season.Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
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David Nikel is a British-Norwegian travel writer based in Norway, covering all things travel with a special focus on cruising and Scandinavia.David Nikel, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Outgoing Anfield sporting director Julian Ward had worked through Christmas Day to get the framework of a £44million ($55m at today’s rates) deal agreed.James Pearce, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Image Betsy Southerland, a former director of science and technology in the E.P.A. Office of Water, which oversees biosolids, said the program had been hurt by staffing shortages as well as an arduous process for setting new restrictions.Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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But the next best thing, perhaps, is watching a meal be made—especially if the food is shot by a master filmmaker under beautiful lighting with a food stylist hovering just offscreen.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Zendaya and her stylist, Law Roach, have been effortlessly curating standout looks together for over a decade.Essence, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
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She was best known for her outspoken advocacy and her charismatic delivery and was a friend of fellow wordsmiths Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison.Astrid Kayembe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Benny The Butcher has given Lloyd Banks his flowers, praising the emcee for his lyrical excellence and deeming him as one of the greatest wordsmiths to pick up a mic.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 June 2024
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Davon Wilson met Tyler Okonma—the hip-hop impresario known as Tyler, the Creator—at the Dirty, a skate park in Hawthorne, California, when both were fifteen.Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Jones, who died on Sunday night at 91 in Los Angeles, had already been a formidable impresario in music and TV for decades before pairing up with Jackson, a former child prodigy struggling with his pivot into adulthood.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
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Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur.Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019
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You May Also Like The opening ceremony was created by artistic director Thomas Jolly, a French actor and stage director with experience with large-scale productions.Renan Botelho, WWD, 26 July 2024
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That arrived when stage director, playwright and RTA volunteer Brent Buell (portrayed by Oscar nominee Raci) introduced Kewdar and Bentley to Maclin and other alums from the prison system over breakfast six years into the development process.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
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With a team including Jamaican producer Anju Blaxx, Swedish producer Adde Instrumentals, and Mixpak’s Dubbel Dutch, Popcaan set out to make something durable, more concerned with the goal of showcasing his personality than competing in the moment.Naomi Zeichner, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
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Sunshine in a bottle Sunshine is something California sparkling wine producers have in abundance, and often must work against; new viticultural techniques have made that prospect easier.Patrick Comiskey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Auteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auteur. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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