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as in writer
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as in director
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Recent Examples of auteur
Their touchstones are silent auteurs and surrealists: F.W. Murnau, Fritz Lang, Luis Buñuel.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
At 55, Blanchett has earned four BAFTAs, two Oscars, and the admiration of auteurs from Steven Spielberg to Terrence Malick, Wes Anderson to Martin Scorsese.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
After its creative and commercial success elevated auteur Mike White into the pantheon of prestige showrunners, Season 2 ventured further afield, both geographically (to Sicily) and away from its home base, with excursions across the Italian isle.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
All three wins could repeat at the Oscars: Best Actress Demi Moore, Makeup and Hair, and French auteur Coralie Fargeat for Original Screenplay (who is also nominated for the Best Director Oscar).
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 8 Feb. 2025
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
At 55, Blanchett has earned four BAFTAs, two Oscars, and the admiration of auteurs from Steven Spielberg to Terrence Malick, Wes Anderson to Martin Scorsese.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
After its creative and commercial success elevated auteur Mike White into the pantheon of prestige showrunners, Season 2 ventured further afield, both geographically (to Sicily) and away from its home base, with excursions across the Italian isle.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
All three wins could repeat at the Oscars: Best Actress Demi Moore, Makeup and Hair, and French auteur Coralie Fargeat for Original Screenplay (who is also nominated for the Best Director Oscar).
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auteur
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What about letter writers, who can be all over the place, sometimes in the same sentence?—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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Times staff writer Josh Rottenberg contributed to this report.—
Stacy Perman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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Black Marylanders to Watch 2025: Stevie Walker-Webb, Baltimore Center Stage artistic director Share this: Stevie Walker-Webb Baltimore Center Stage artistic director Subscribe to continue reading this article.—
Mary Carole McCauley,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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Farrow and Ball Sulking Room Pink Jess Ebert, founder and creative director of Four Story Interiors, drenched a dining room with average ceilings and low light in Farrow and Ball Sulking Room Pink to give it warmth and life, despite its smaller size.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
19 Feb. 2025
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The actor’s stylist, Taylor McNeill, paired the GapStudio look with pointy-toe black leather boots and Cartier jewelry.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2025
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Hair stylist Ellie Kaps, returning for her second consecutive season, revolutionized Burberry's approach with a deliberate move toward inclusivity.—
Pooja Shah,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Back then, people fought for sport and who was the best wordsmith.—
Matthew Bremner,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jan. 2025
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Though the mainstream country's most successful wordsmith of the past decade, Gorley sang and played the keyboard along with Malone's hits.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
18 June 2024
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Longtime soccer impresario Lee Stern is still on the board at 98.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Comedy stars of our age all gathered under the aegis of America’s greatest living impresario, my boss Lorne Michaels.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2025
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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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That would be lyricist Fred Ebb, playwright Terrence McNally and original star Chita Rivera, key figures behind the 1993 Broadway musical, alongside composer John Kander and stage director Harold Prince.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Emerson Haven, a 26-year-old stage director and student based in New York City, occasionally drinks in social settings, but often opts for a sober night out for health reasons.—
Solcyré Burga,
TIME,
1 Jan. 2025
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Taylor’s performances are being presented by AEG/Golden Voice, which is the producer of the annual Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals in Indio.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Ahead of the awards ceremony, A.G. Cook — who executive produced Charli's Brat LP — won the BRITs producer of the year award, while Charli won songwriter of the year.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Auteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auteur. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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