AUTEUR Meaning of AUTEUR in English [ əʊ'tə: , ɔ:- ]■ noun a film director who influences their films so much that they rank as their author.Derivatives~ism noun~ist adjective Origin1960s: from Fr., lit. 'author'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004