Back in France, he became one of the great innovators of film direction.
In both media he was a great innovator.
He has been described as "one of the great innovators in jazz".
Among these were many of the great political innovators of the New Deal years.
In this sense, he was a great innovator.
"He was a hero, and a great innovator" the front-running candidate said.
Lotus, the great innovator, is hitting back with technology, rather than marketing.
It is interesting that two of the 19th century's great innovators were not pianists.
"Did he belong to the past or was he a great innovator?"
They were great innovators - not always successfully - and their locos had many original features.