Paper by Jessie Reid. The Auteur element in film has evolved to become the defining principle of filmmakers and the cinematic experience. This aspect of film has its inception in the earliest forays into the cinematic world of motion pictures. Through the works of filmmakers such as Cecil B. DeMille, D.W. Griffith, and Georges Melies, the first … Continue reading THE AUTEUR PRINCIPLE: Auteur Theory Through The Cinematic Lens Of Alfred Hitchcock And Stanley Kubrick