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film d'auteur

French, noun/film d‿o.tœʁ/

film d'auteur is a French masculine noun meaning “film of a movie director or a screenwriter which reflects their artistic personality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does film d'auteur mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefilm of a movie director or a screenwriter which reflects their artistic personality

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of film d'auteur

  • films d'auteur plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce film d'auteur?

  • /film d‿o.tœʁ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.