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Director Profile: Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki films all show his personal stamp in relation to story and theme. This combined with his overall visual style help us to label him an auteur of his field.
Director Profile: Stanley Kubrick
Known for his fastidious approach to filmmaking, Stanley Kubrick is the embodiment of an auteur. Each of his…
Director Profile: Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni was not only an auteur but a disrupter in the film industry. A director whose films went against the grain.
Director Profile: Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright is a filmmaker for filmmakers, with the referencing and pastiching of his favourite films a running current within his canon.
Director Profile: Wes Craven
Wes Craven has made huge contributions to horror as a genre and helped not only set conventions but work towards breaking them.
Director Profile: David Fincher
Articulated, polished and complex – these are the three words I’d use to describe the work of David…
Director Profile: Alfred Hitchcock
All of his films feature key themes, symbols, artistic and technical choices that make every one of them true to him.
Director Profile: Tim Burton
Analysing Tim Burton films to prove that he is in fact an auteur in every sense of the word.
Director Profile: Guillermo Del Toro
Guillermo Del Toro’s dark storytelling roots blossom into beauty and pathos for his monsters, and an underlying cynicism of humanity.