French filmmaker Alexandre Astruc's insistence that directors use the camera as personally as a novelist uses a pen was the inspiration for what eventually became

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Alexandre Astruc's idea of directors using the camera in a personal way eventually led to the development of the auteur theory, which posits that the director is the author of a film and that their personal vision and style can be seen in their work.

French Filmmaker Alexandre Astruc's Insistence That Directors Use the Camera