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auteur
An auteur (/oʊˈtɜːr/; French: [otœʁ], lit. ‘author’) is an artist, usually a film director, who applies a highly centralized and subjective control to many aspects of a collaborative creative work; in other words, a person equivalent to an author of a novel or a play.
Is the director the writer?
What Does the Director Do for a Film? In most cases, the writer is no longer involved once the script is complete and handed off to a director. The director’s job is to digest the script, envision how it plays out on camera, and then make it happen by working with the actors and production crew.
Section 9(1) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the CDPA) tells us that an ‘author’ of a work is the person who creates the work. But many people work on a film, such as direc- tors, producers, script writers, composers, camera operators, actors and more.
Who is the most film author?
The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare’s plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language.
James Cameron
Titanic/Screenplay
Who is a movie director?
A director is a person who determines the creative vision of a feature film, television show, play, short film, or other production. They have complete artistic control of a project.
Do directors write?
The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. Under European Union law, the director is viewed as the author of the film. Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners.
Who is the owner of a movie?
Copyright in films is generally owned by the person who arranged for the film to be made, (i.e. the producer, the production company, or the person or company who commissioned the film) unless there is an agreement to the contrary.
Who is the real owner of a movie?
Merkin, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that unless joint authorship was actually intended by 2 or more parties, only 1 person or entity known as the “dominant author” could own the copyright to a film. The general copyright rule is whoever creates the work is the owner.