Alexandre Astruc constructed the auteur theory around the concept of caméra-stylo (“camera-pen”) with the idea that the director of a film (overseeing all elements of the film making process) should be more considered as the “author” of the film compared to the screenplay writer, for example. It was then developed that cinematically successful films contains an “auteurs” clear stamp, or signature, either audibly or visually in the film that makes it unique and unmistakably their own, and the audience are able to identify it as such.

Directors such as Wes Anderson and his use of very recognisable visual styles, cinematographic choices and repeated use of certain themes, deems him as an auteur.

Stanley Kubrick and his consistent use of the one-point perspective shot, in which a scenes leads a viewer’s focus to a very specific point, a stylistic choice he is very well known for. Plus his use of the intense “Kubrick stare” that he repeats throughout his films, also determining him as an auteur.

Finally, David Fincher and his repeated themes of masculinity, stylistic tones and colour palette and unique camera movements also give his films a signature look that can be easily associated to him as the auteur.