Many years ago, the auteur theory of film became a trend and then a controversy.

But the whole idea of an auteur theory of television exasperates him.

But he said they "have more to do with the auteur theory of filmmaking than with a specific strategy."

Critics imported the highly literary auteur theory from France to help us start treating film as an art form.

By the middle of the decade, they had formulated their auteur theory, which gave a new gloss to film studies.

"This is interesting because it speaks to the issue of auteur theory."

The authors' approach is comparable to the auteur theory of film.

I'm going to die because of the auteur theory.

"I don't believe in the auteur theory," he says.

Hollywood never did go in for the auteur theory.