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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?

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Results of 2,836 votes:

  1. 1.

    Stanley Kubrick

     
  2. 2.

    Woody Allen

     
  3. 3.

    Quentin Tarantino

     
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