<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs attention from an expert in Film . Please add a reason or a talk parameter to this template to explain the issue with the article . WikiProject Film may be able to help recruit an expert . (November 2016) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs attention from an expert in Film . Please add a reason or a talk parameter to this template to explain the issue with the article . WikiProject Film may be able to help recruit an expert . (November 2016) </Td> </Tr> <P> An auteur (/ oʊ ˈtɜːr /; French: (o. tœʁ), lit .' author') is a singular artist who controls all aspects of a collaborative creative work, a person equivalent to the author of a novel or a play . The term is commonly used to refer to film directors with a recognizable style or thematic preoccupation . </P> <P> Auteurism originated in the French film criticism of the late 1940s as a value system that derives from the cinematic theories of André Bazin and Alexandre Astruc--dubbed auteur theory by the American critic Andrew Sarris . The concept was invented to distinguish French New Wave filmmakers from studio - system directors that were part of the Hollywood establishment, and has since been applied to producers of popular music as well as to video - game creators . </P>

Who is typically considered the auteur of a film