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Poll: Auteur Directors

A poll by Eagles90
In film criticism, the auteur theory holds that a film reflects the director's personal creative vision. Auteurs are the film directors whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are so great that they are regarded as the authors of the movie. Those directors tend to have a very specific, signature style that lets the audience know right away whose film they're watching. From those most famous auteur directors, who is your personal favorite?

Discuss the list here!

Results of 2,780 votes:

  1. 1.

    Stanley Kubrick

     
  2. 2.

    Woody Allen

     
  3. 3.

    Quentin Tarantino

     
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