Astruc believed that since the director had complete control of every element in the film that they seen them more like authors of a screenplay as they were trying to get their message across to the public through the use of cinema.

examples:

Jean-Luc Godard

his films are “littered with references to films, books, compositions and paintings, as well as the people, places and political ideals that have shaped his personality and psyche”

Quentin Tarantino

Tarantino borrowed characteristics and aspects from French new wave, the main film that does this is Reservoir dogs which includes jump-cuts, a non- linear narration, the use of real location filming and very long shots that lasted up to 25 minutes where he stayed in the same location and introduced a new character without cutting the shot.