{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = The Auteur | image = The Auteur.jpg | director = James Westby | writer = | starring = | music = | cinematography = Alan Jacobsen | editing = | producer = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2008|04|25|Tribeca Film Festival}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''The Auteur''''' is a 2008 American independent mockumentary directed and written by James Westby.<ref>{{cite news|last=Robert Koehler|title=Film Reviews - The Auteur|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937790/|accessdate=4 June 2012|newspaper=Variety|date=July 22, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Heidi Williams|title=Movie Review: "The Auteur" Hits Bottom in Portland|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2008/12/movie_review_the_auteur_hits_b.html|accessdate=4 June 2012|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=December 4, 2008}}</ref>
The film premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.<ref>{{cite news|title="The Auteur" at Tribeca: The Journey Continues|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2008/04/the_auteur_at_tribeca_the_jour.html|accessdate=4 June 2012|newspaper=Oregon Live|date=April 28, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gregg Goldstein|title=Tribeca fest taps offbeat pics|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tribeca-fest-taps-offbeat-pics-106965|accessdate=4 June 2012|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=14 March 2008}}</ref>
== Cast == * Melik Malkasian as Arturo Domingo * Denise Chanterelle DuBois as Margaret le Plage * Loren Hoskins as Manny Davis * John Breen as Frank E. Normo * Cara Seymour as Doris * Ron Jeremy as himself
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0906319|The Auteur}}
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